The United Socialist States of Surnissia is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its public floggings, ubiquitous missile silos, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 402 million Surnissians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 66.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Surnissian economy, worth 17.6 trillion Dinars 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 dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 43,903 Dinars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Being sent to collections is more dangerous than ever, property values in suburbs have nosedived after the middle class were forced to live next door to ethnic minorities, prisoners can't do number twos without their "toilet buddy" present, and the average commuter spends four hours a day driving to and from work. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Surnissia's national animal is the Orangutan, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Surnissia is ranked 91,460^th in the world and 10^th in The Cortexist International for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 2,830.32 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.