The State of Similkameen is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The cynical, devout population of 23.028 billion Similkameenians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 74.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Similkameenian economy, worth 416 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Uranium Mining, Pizza Delivery, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 18,091 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, military spending is on the increase, and Similkameen has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Similkameen's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Similkameen is ranked 53,293^rd in the world and 2^nd in Okanagan for Most Corrupt Governments, with 35.65 kickbacks per hour.