The Region of South Pacific is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by the Union Republic of Densaner with an iron fist, and notable for its parental licensing program, triple-decker prams, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.994 billion Citizens are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port Rosewood. The average income tax rate is 89.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient South Pacifician economy, worth a remarkable 2,384 trillion Penances a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 198,834 Penances, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Children listen incredulously when their grandparents explain what a "running river" is, farmers are complaining that the buzzing and the sparks from the nearby MagRail are blighting their crops, girls in elementary school classes gaze longingly at boys playing tag, and the police are tightening their grip on alcohol smugglers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. South Pacific's national animal is the Lynx, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is the Free Church of Densaner.

South Pacific is ranked 331,399^th in the world and 60^th in The Card Mine for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 18.39 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.