The SFM of Source Filmmaker is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Valve with an even hand, and notable for its teetotalling pirates, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 3.042 billion Source Filmmakerians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic government prioritizes Industry, with Administration, Law & Order, and Education also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of 1840. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.9%.

The thriving Source Filmmakerian economy, worth 230 trillion 10 July 2012s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized black market in Retail, Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 75,896 10 July 2012s, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 254,722 per year while the poor average 16,781, a ratio of 15.2 to 1.

Droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, preservative manufacturers are told to put a lid on it, the nation's once beautiful countryside has turned brown as farmers spray potent pesticides, and politicians accepting drinks in bars are executed for taking bribes. Crime is moderate, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Source Filmmaker's national animal is the Valve, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Source Filmmaker is ranked 306,746^th in the world and 107^th in Steam for Nicest Citizens, with 0.81 average smiles per day.