The People's Republic of Sobetka is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Kostyaka Vitellius with an even hand, and renowned for its soft-spoken computers, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.734 billion Sobetkans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ahlatijakove. The average income tax rate is 79.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Sobetkan economy, worth 255 trillion kicharis a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 44,636 kicharis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tradesmen will knock 10% off their fees if customers pay cash, the military is researching proton packs and PK-meters to combat "unseen enemy forces", foreign leaders are advising that Kostyaka Vitellius's letters must have gotten lost in the mail, and conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sobetka's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Ouranism.

Sobetka is ranked 70,516^th in the world and 3,263^rd in Balder for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50.99 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.