The United Kingdom of Southmen is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by The Anathema with an even hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, disturbing lack of elderly people, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 16.273 billion Southmenians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Subterranea. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Southmenian economy, worth a remarkable 3,419 trillion pounds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 210,117 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens can only enjoy the splendor of the natural world in designated 'Majesty Appreciation' zones, Southmen isn't what it used to be, it takes at least three to tango, and the government is hoping that medical aid will speak louder than human rights abuses. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Southmen's national animal is the wolf, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is None.

Southmen is ranked 5,067^th in the world and 236^th in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 167 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.