The Most Serene Republic of Southland is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Chancellor Andrew Mann with a fair hand, and notable for its national health service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 10.881 billion Southlanders hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Southland City. The average income tax rate is 92.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Southlander economy, worth a remarkable 2,315 trillion Southland Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 212,800 Southland Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Evasive politicians don't fail to strongly commit to not committing to a course of non-inaction, rumor has it that Chancellor Andrew Mann has won three lotteries in a row, artists are renowned for their ability to make art pieces out of thin air, and giggling elementary school newspaper reporters want to know why Chancellor Andrew Mann is a silly poophead. Crime is totally unknown. Southland's national animal is the Orca, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Southland is ranked 8,011^th in the world and 452^nd in Lazarus for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,815.15 pounds of wildlife per square mile.