The Confederate States of Sovereign Dixie is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Iona Pershing with an iron fist, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, frequent executions, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 12.498 billion Confederates are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order and Education are also considered important, while Social Policy and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Birmingham. The average income tax rate is 17.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sovereign Dixiean economy, worth a remarkable 1,743 trillion Sterlings a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 139,481 Sterlings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Pharmaceutical companies emphatically promise that "your pills are in the mail" rather than admit any supply shortfall, Sovereign Dixie recently hosted the least successful trade negotiations since The Phantom Menace, laser-wielding robots are taking aim at human hearts, and nuclear physics is the most popular course at university. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sovereign Dixie's national animal is the Phoenix, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Reciprocitive Christianity.

Sovereign Dixie is ranked 270,507^th in the world and 6,000^th in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 38.17 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.