The Empire of Sumina is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Claudius II with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, infamous sell-swords, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 9.714 billion romans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Rome. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Suminan economy, worth a remarkable 2,540 trillion denarii a year, is dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 261,504 denarii, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,513,376 per year while the poor average 21,510, a ratio of 70.4 to 1.

Government negotiators never forget to say "pretty please" when begging for custody of its criminals, all you have to do is pray to get into Sumina, the government guarantees that tourists will have the ultimate trip on their trips, and a traveller who once stubbed a toe on an Air Brancaland flight has been offered asylum. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sumina's national animal is the eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is paganism.

Sumina is ranked 281,228^th in the world and 3,614^th in the South Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 49.34 on the Human Development Index.