The Freople of Soem is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Pyt Snarfulton with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful population of 36.224 billion Soemeosy enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Snarf City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 40.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Soemeon economy, worth a remarkable 8,335 trillion Ideas a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an amazing 230,122 Ideas, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 650,502 per year while the poor average 65,131, a ratio of 10.0 to 1.

Most people learn to drive on crash courses, workers for the environmental protection agency are patted down for tartar sauce every morning, RPG fans reminisce fondly about when people thought they were evil and dangerous rather than geeky and socially inept, and the government subsidises medicines of mass destruction. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Soem's national animal is the Snarf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Soem is ranked 11,726^th in the world and 274^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 10,387.04 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.