The Principality of Sussen is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Asůkaii with an iron fist, and renowned for its infamous sell-swords, avowedly heterosexual populace, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.933 billion Sussenianites 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Suß. The average income tax rate is 72.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sussenian economy, worth 344 trillion Sußbunds a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 178,341 Sußbunds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

It is illegal to carry an umbrella when the official weather forecast predicts a sunny day, emigrants arrive on foreign shores with nothing but pocket sand, citizens who fail to follow the official national religion are executed, and wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sussen's national animal is the Bürm, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Asüen.

Sussen is ranked 313,488^th in the world and 17,299^th in Balder for Safest, scoring 8.72 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.