The United States of South Parter is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Yame Kock M with a fair hand, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 4.707 billion South Parterians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Parston. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 74.7%.

The frighteningly efficient South Parterian economy, worth a remarkable 1,315 trillion Paelous a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an amazing 279,493 Paelous, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 791,175 per year while the poor average 78,950, a ratio of 10.0 to 1.

Droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, for just a few extra Paelous South Parterians can get new driving records with their new cars, there's nothing more rock-and-roll than absolute sobriety, and there's no such thing as bad publicity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. South Parter's national animal is the emu, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

South Parter is ranked 87,514^th in the world and 1,777^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 2,397.29 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.