[jan_Sate]

The game's name reminds me of the Russian word for state/district/region. I was right. It's an intended pun. The game's title screen on the screenshot in the article has Russian on it.

[classichasclass]

(author) Yes, I couldn't resist the obvious. :)

edit. I should also point out that it's the same word in Ukrainian, for the record.

[necovek]

And Serbian, so I'd guess it's proto-Slavic word.