The KickAss Corrections Officers of SORT is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 12.831 billion SORTans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Florence. The average income tax rate is 93.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient SORTan economy, worth a remarkable 1,400 trillion dollars a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 109,122 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description, wood-framed catapults are ready to launch diseased corpses into besieged cities, childish pranks are no laughing matter, and class clowns are frequently listed among the most dangerous criminals in the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SORT's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

SORT is ranked 91,149^th in the world and 2,135^th in The North Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 614 billion Standard Monetary Units.