The Armed Republic of Souls 25 is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, compulsory vegetarianism, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, cynical population of 22.024 billion Souls 25ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 73.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Souls 25ian economy, worth 942 trillion Platinums 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 Cheese Exports industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Gambling. Average income is 42,793 Platinums, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Tabloids coo over Leader's expected child, earthquake sirens are a leading cause of hearing loss, the seventh son of a seventh son is fated to be a millionaire, and more sidewalk is dedicated to animals than people. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Souls 25's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Souls 25 is ranked 264,999^th in the world and 431^st in Suspicious for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -4.98 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.