The Republic of Sethiobay is a large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its aversion to nipples, avowedly heterosexual populace, and compulsory military service. The hard-working, democratic population of 79 million Sethiobayians are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 18.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Sethiobayian economy, worth 4.23 trillion Sethios a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 53,542 Sethios, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Tax-payers are funding ever more extravagant movie projects, the new national mascot has to be wheeled onto the field of play, corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, and real power lies not in the debating room but with those who decide what is debated. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Sethiobay's national animal is the Kamodo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sethiobay is ranked 100,601^st in the world and 3,129^th in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50.5 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.