The United States of Sulivannia is a huge, genial nation, notable for its anti-smoking policies, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 601 million Sulivannians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yorke. The average income tax rate is 72.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Sulivannian economy, worth 49.1 trillion Sulivannian Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 81,617 Sulivannian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

On-call doctors who check their pagers during movies are banned from cinemas for life, crossword puzzles have been co-opted as a symbol of racial discrimination, citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, and tuba players are paid to quietly whisper into their instruments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sulivannia's national animal is the grey wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sulivannia is ranked 11,799^th in the world and 39^th in The Free Nations Region for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 54.3 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.