The Republic of SSN13 is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Daniel O'Connell with an iron fist, and renowned for its state-planned economy, avant-garde cinema, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.078 billion SSN13ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dublin. The average income tax rate is 24.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient SSN13ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,139 trillion rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 264,860 rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Witches' brews set off Geiger counters, young soldiers are shocked to discover there are no 'safe spaces' on a battlefield, politicians have to be granted day-release from prison to speak on bills, and children as young as six shock their parents by coming out of the closet. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SSN13's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Celtic Paganism.

SSN13 is ranked 24,647^th in the world and 138^th in Mikes Hope for Nicest Citizens, with 21.25 average smiles per day.