The Republic of Sourath is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its fear of technology, compulsory military service, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 15.487 billion Sourathians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Administration, with Education, Law & Order, and Defense also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Sourathian economy, worth a remarkable 1,389 trillion kronor 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 large, well-organized, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. 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 89,709 kronor, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

The police insist that racism does not exist, the deaf are perplexed when the weather report tells them that the wind will be "bringing some rain along the Nazi ghosts", gun ownership is compulsory, and the nation's official head of religious affairs is an atheist. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Sourath's national animal is the crocodile, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Sourath is ranked 204,636^th in the world and 247^th in Commonwealth of Liberty for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -2.46 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.