The Republic of The Sun Is On Fire is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory vegetarianism, zero percent divorce rate, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.686 billion Sun Is On Fireans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 82.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Sun Is On Firean economy, worth a remarkable 1,154 trillion Object Permanences a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 150,175 Object Permanences, with the richest citizens earning 7.6 times as much as the poorest.

Sofas are perpetually on sales that Must End Soon, it is common to still see adults with training wheels on their bikes, the Hanging Gardens account for half of The Sun Is On Fire City's water use, and the government has enacted freedom of information. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Sun Is On Fire's national animal is the Question Mark.

The Sun Is On Fire is ranked 13,171^st in the world and 25^th in Eye for Lowest Crime Rates, with 96.31 law-abiding acts per hour.