The United Socialist States of Simelia is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.11 billion Simelians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 83.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Simelian economy, worth 51.1 trillion Simeses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. Average income is 45,997 Simeses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Commuters often break into synchronised para-para dancing for no reason at all, flu research is commonly shut down for fear of creating a superbug, ersatz chicken has left the nation's citizens with a bad taste in their mouths, and people stand their fridges back-to-front to benefit from the free heating. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Simelia's national animal is the Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Simelia is ranked 27,276^th in the world and 104^th in Refugia for Most Cultured, scoring 81 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.