The Democratic Republic of Suvmia-5 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its daily referendums, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 6.698 billion Suvmians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The medium-sized, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 17.4%.

The thriving Suvmia-5ian economy, worth 354 trillion Euros a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Retail, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 52,988 Euros, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 212,269 per year while the poor average 8,875, a ratio of 23.9 to 1.

Prison reforms have replaced communal luaus with communal loos, politicians and casino owners who so much as wander into the same room are arrested on the spot, a referendum must be held in order for any new law to be passed, and soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Suvmia-5's national animal is the Grey Whale, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Suvmia-5 is ranked 160,075^th in the world and 13^th in The Ascendancy Federation for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 479.8 on the Gilded Widget Scale.