The Vermillion Republic of Sorrelya is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Shining Path with a fair hand, and remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.325 billion Sorrelyans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Flankfurt-am-Mane. The average income tax rate is 72.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Sorrelyan economy, worth 24.1 trillion workbits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 18,197 workbits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sorrelya has designated Flankfurt-am-Mane as its capital city, gun ownership is compulsory, mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, and the Federal Council of Sorrelya has been announced as the new Head of State. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sorrelya's national animal is the phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Sorrelya is ranked 303,784^th in the world and 17^th in Pony Lands for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -8.25 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.