The State of Sombrero Island is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 16.568 billion Sombrero Islandians 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 tiny, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.3%.

The strong Sombrero Islandian economy, worth 999 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is 60,320 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 410,106 per year while the poor average 3,241, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Voting is voluntary. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Sombrero Island's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sombrero Island is ranked 94,517^th in the world and 1^st in Sombrero Island for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 2,069.02 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.