The Democratic Republic of Samfoychi is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, smutty television, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 1.751 billion Samfoychians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 68.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Samfoychian economy, worth 193 trillion Podels a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 110,582 Podels, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Schoolboys who turn to watch pretty girls go by are given detention, minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, morale within the seismologist community has hit rock bottom, and being Leader has been voted one of the top ten most dangerous jobs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Samfoychi's national animal is the 22-spot ladybug, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Samfoychi is ranked 14,943^rd in the world and 845^th in The North Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 87.29 on the Human Development Index.