The Floating Paradise of Southern Palm Islands is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Devadatta Akiraman with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 13.608 billion Palmyrans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Khurtubh. The average income tax rate is 50.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Southern Palm Islandsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,612 trillion Palmas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 118,486 Palmas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

The media have begun calling the government treasury "Devadatta Akiraman's stash", commercials are consistently recorded in soft white rooms, black gold is looking more brown these days, and tree farms across the nation are overrun by clipboard-wielding biologists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Southern Palm Islands's national animal is the Palmyran Leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Sanatana Dharma.

Southern Palm Islands is ranked 59,628^th in the world and 3^rd in Mandalanusa for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 12,034.41 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.