The Free Land of Sumina is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by the people with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, pith helmet sales, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 4.655 billion Suminans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sugus. The average income tax rate is 29.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Suminan economy, worth 939 trillion euros a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an amazing 201,898 euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Children who can't memorize their multiplication tables are sent to the mines, 9 out of 10 consumers think that vitamins can cure cancer, many whiskies taste suspiciously like automobile radiators, and the government is giving peace a chance. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sumina's national animal is the lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Idiocy.

Sumina is ranked 9,079^th in the world and 253^rd in the South Pacific for Highest Food Quality, scoring 167.48 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.