Possible Clues:

• Russia's setting
• Area is mined that contains uranium -- vast expanse of land
• Russia locale
• Rising area is a regret for this land mass
• Region that includes all of Turkey
• Where most people live
• About a third of the land
• Area is ploughed around university, a vast expanse
• Superstate in Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four”
• Where A Boost For All is a rule every student forsakes