The Freople of Soem is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Pyt Snarfulton with an even hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, sprawling nuclear power plants, and aversion to nipples. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful population of 36.236 billion Soemeosy enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

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 Snarf City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 42.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Soemeon economy, worth a remarkable 8,340 trillion Ideas a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an amazing 230,181 Ideas, with the richest citizens earning 6.1 times as much as the poorest.

Students at universities think exercise bikes are pieces of abstract art, mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, public toilets are famed for their rear entries, and companies are turning to trained Snarves for their most menial jobs. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Soem's national animal is the Snarf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Soem is ranked 913^th in the world and 20^th in the South Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 5,367.97 pounds of wildlife per square mile.