The Isles of Sommeria is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Spoon with an even hand, and remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.207 billion Sommerians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Herodotus. The average income tax rate is 94.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sommerian economy, worth a remarkable 1,040 trillion Sommerian Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 112,967 Sommerian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children have nightmares about the eerie red glow and constant whirring of newly-installed machines, the nation's universities are often mistaken for foreign embassies, Spoon always arrives fashionably late and smelling of mushrooms, and the subway is dead quiet in early afternoons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sommeria's national animal is the Blue Necked Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Sommeria is ranked 290,533^rd in the world and 11,217^th in Balder for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -19.57 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.