The Republic of SSN18 is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Daniel O'Connell with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, compulsory military service, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.162 billion SSN18ians 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 relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dublin. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 59.9%.

The frighteningly efficient SSN18ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,211 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 270,957 pounds, with the richest citizens earning 6.7 times as much as the poorest.

Six-year-old children playing dress-up are viewed with suspicion, agriculture is heavily subsidized by the government, a few immigrants are better than no immigrants according to Daniel O'Connell, and back-alley circumcision clinics are popping up all over the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SSN18's national animal is the cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Celtic Paganism.

SSN18 is ranked 3,124^th in the world and 570^th in Mikes Hope for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 8,368.25 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.