The Republic of Soughts Souble is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Adebayo Butarnia with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, ritual sacrifices, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 6.726 billion Soughtinas enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, corrupt, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bersingo. The average income tax rate is 90.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient soughtian economy, worth a remarkable 1,041 trillion SS Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 154,822 SS Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

An extra hand on the leg will give a horse-and-a-half of lead in a hundred jiffies on seven furlongs, three-year-olds have tantrums because they don't want to be drainage technicians when they grow up, airport users are more worried about radiation than terrorism, and the Treasury Minister's valet handles the crass business of public money. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Soughts Souble's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity.

Soughts Souble is ranked 48,827^th in the world and 1,072^nd in The North Pacific for Most Corrupt Governments, with 41.25 kickbacks per hour.