The Democratic Republic of Soudar is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Ili with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 12.815 billion Soudarians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sotopolis. The average income tax rate is 92.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Soudarian economy, worth a remarkable 2,397 trillion Sodens a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 187,080 Sodens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's counterintelligence budget is all up in the air, nose plugs are the latest Soudarian fashion accessory, the government is washing its hands of alleged corruption, and there have been sightings of people walking around dressed in nothing but leopard-skin g-strings for 'religious reasons'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Soudar's national animal is the Soudarian Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Soudar is ranked 285,349^th in the world and 3^rd in The Cascade for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.56 kickbacks per hour.