The Republic of Soriella is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The cynical population of 156 million Soriellans 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 72.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Soriellan economy, worth 5.14 trillion Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 32,979 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

You're never too young to learn how to lie with confidence, reporters who negatively comment on politicians' haircuts are cut from the news, the banshee wail foretells skies of death, and moonshine has made a resurgence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Soriella's national animal is the The Soriellan Eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Soriella is ranked 115,998^th in the world and 117^th in Kantrias for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,047.04 on the Gilded Widget Scale.