The Freople of Soem is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Pyt Snarfulton with a fair hand, and notable for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and labour-free parental leave. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 41.432 billion Soemeosy hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Snarf City. The average income tax rate is 46.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Soemeon economy, worth an astonishing 11,606 trillion Ideas a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an amazing 280,135 Ideas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Folk are absolutely certain that you can never be absolutely certain, the nation's only university is the School of Hard Knocks, Occam's razor has sliced to pieces any childhood belief in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, and prolonged government investigations are a common revenge tactic among spurned significant others. 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 332,464^th in the world and 4,168^th in the South Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -67.22 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.