The Architecture School of SoCal Institute of Architecture is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.094 billion Californians enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The tiny, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Los Angeles. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.3%.

The thriving Californian economy, worth 72.1 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is 65,875 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 233,179 per year while the poor average 13,437, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, pedants defending Leader observe that psychopaths and sociopaths aren't exactly the same thing, and SoCal Institute of Architecture has designated Los Angeles as its capital city. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. SoCal Institute of Architecture's national animal is the foxhound, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

SoCal Institute of Architecture is ranked 275,927^th in the world and 424^th in California Colleges and Universities for Largest Governments, scoring 8.89 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.