The Freople of Soem is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Pyt Snarfulton with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, ubiquitous missile silos, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful population of 36.261 billion Soemeosy enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Snarf City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 42.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Soemeon economy, worth a remarkable 8,327 trillion Ideas a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an amazing 229,648 Ideas, with the richest citizens earning 7.3 times as much as the poorest.

Jack Russells have proven to be terrible spies, funeral mourners ridesharing with the deceased are encouraged to sit on the coffin to save room, wait staff claim to like it when odorous customers flirt with them, and artists are pillars of society. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Soem's national animal is the Snarf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Soem is ranked 691^st in the world and 16^th in the South Pacific for Highest Food Quality, scoring 410.58 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.