The Armed Republic of Som Sikina is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by The Great Leader with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, triple-decker prams, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.25 billion Som Sikinae are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Leader City. The average income tax rate is 87.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Som Sikini economy, worth 375 trillion bucks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 166,935 bucks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Not showing enough enthusiasm for mutual assured destruction is a court-martial offence, sexually-starved male dinosaurs terrorise tourists during weekly breakouts from Mesozoic Park, withdrawal of support for drug addicts is leaving many with cold sweats, and schoolchildren are arrested for possessing sidewalk chalk without a permit. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Som Sikina's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Som Sikina is ranked 142,475^th in the world and 204^th in California Colleges and Universities for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 2,078.07 on the Hickory Productivity Index.