The Kingdom of Suikodan is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Nova Galactic with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 30.297 billion Suikodanians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Suikoden. The average income tax rate is 91.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Suikodanian economy, worth a remarkable 7,700 trillion crystals a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 254,152 crystals, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The "blue screen of death" forces many trials to be either aborted or restarted, old folks reminisce about the last time someone was acquitted of a crime, artists are pillars of society, and small shoes often wash up on the beach. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Suikodan's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Utilitarianism.

Suikodan is ranked 1,495^th in the world and 1^st in The Commonwealth Of Furry Peoples for Lowest Crime Rates, with 155.71 law-abiding acts per hour.