The United Republic of South Namia is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Minister Phoebe Zetian with a fair hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, state-planned economy, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.812 billion South Namians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kratosia. The average income tax rate is 96.0%.

The frighteningly efficient South Namian economy, worth 960 trillion Gelders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 141,027 Gelders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon, community-designed sword prostheses are becoming dangerously common, the bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Kratosia, and government employees from South Namia dominate international lumberjack competitions. Crime is totally unknown. South Namia's national animal is the Merbear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

South Namia is ranked 3,887^th in the world and 15^th in Thaecia for Safest, scoring 135.05 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.