The Republic of Part-timer Sumire is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its frequent executions, parental licensing program, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 559 million Part-timer Sumireans, 532 million of whom are zombies, 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, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Part-timer Sumirean economy, worth 405 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 119,378 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 354,953 per year while the poor average 31,478, a ratio of 11.3 to 1.

Throwing a sickie is a serious crime, captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship, frustrated women are overjoyed at the provision of communal washing machines, and dinosaur cloners are fitted with Ankylosaurus monitors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Part-timer Sumire's national animal is the hermit crab, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Part-timer Sumire is ranked 295,234^th in the world and 709^th in Aetherius for Nudest, with 21.5 cheeks per square mile.