The Republic of SV-2 is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 463 million SV-2ians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The relatively small, liberal, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.8%.

The all-consuming SV-2ian economy, worth 36.4 trillion sdrs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 78,605 sdrs, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 419,354 per year while the poor average 7,743, a ratio of 54.2 to 1.

Wigged-out hunters report playing croquet with the Queen of Hearts, murderers and thieves claim divine inspiration to avoid prosecution, citizens sport solarium-kissed tans that are perfectly even except for the occasional melanoma, and protecting the land is holey work. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. SV-2's national animal is the Fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

SV-2 is ranked 94,863^rd in the world and 189^th in Sophia for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 3,077.89 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.