The United Socialist States of Simelia is a massive, safe nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.145 billion Simelians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 83.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Simelian economy, worth 53.7 trillion Simeses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. Average income is 46,907 Simeses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People stand their fridges back-to-front to benefit from the free heating, cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates, popular cartoon characters frequently appear in government-sponsored PSAs reminding students to say no to drugs, and the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Simelia's national animal is the Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Simelia is ranked 63,838^th in the world and 110^th in Refugia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 149.5 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.