The KickAss Corrections Officers of SORT is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, ubiquitous missile silos, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 5.506 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of SORT City. The average income tax rate is 87.6%.

The all-consuming SORTan economy, worth 542 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 98,466 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.

Stony-faced prosecutors play loud gangster rap music during court proceedings, victims of limb-mauling industrial accidents are told to keep working with their remaining hand, traffic tickets are punishable by 9000 push-ups, and prisons are filled with the cackles and sobs of a deranged inmate population. 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 98,507^th in the world and 5,265^th in The North Pacific for Largest Retail Industry, scoring 557 on the Shrinkwrap Consignment Productivity Index.