The State of South Harbor is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 10.835 billion South Harborians 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 Law & Order, Defense, and Public Transport. The average income tax rate is 68.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped South Harborian economy, worth 340 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 31,456 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Clergy do their best to cover up their old tattoos, employers may fire workers without giving any reason, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, and euthanasia is legal. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. South Harbor's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

South Harbor is ranked 92,358^th in the world and 2^nd in Leinster for Lowest Crime Rates, with 66.85 law-abiding acts per hour.