The Colony of Southie is really taken is a gargantuan, cultured nation, remarkable for its closed borders, zero percent divorce rate, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 16.779 billion Southie is really takenians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of South Citie. The average income tax rate is 95.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Southie is really takenian economy, worth a remarkable 3,454 trillion Denarii a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Basket Weaving, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 205,853 Denarii, with the richest citizens earning 6.2 times as much as the poorest.

Children raised in multi-faith households claim the other deity would let them stay up later, kindergartners love the free balloons that their schools give them, computer users are buried daily in thousands of unsolicited emails, and it's all quiet on the western front. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Southie is really taken's national animal is the Flanderlion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Southie is really taken is ranked 288,395^th in the world and 5,430^th in the South Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 3.11 pounds of wildlife per square mile.