The Republic of SSN37 is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Daniel O'Connell with an iron fist, and notable for its state-planned economy, free-roaming dinosaurs, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.421 billion SSN37ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dublin. The average income tax rate is 71.8%.

The frighteningly efficient SSN37ian economy, worth 892 trillion guilders 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. 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 an amazing 201,843 guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, law schools are hurrying to teach the "prank defense" to their students, the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, and tweenage nobles order army regiments to do their homework for them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SSN37's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Celtic Paganism.

SSN37 is ranked 324,107^th in the world and 55^th in Puppeteers for Most Pacifist, with 4.99 cheeks turned per day.