The Empire of Soirbek is a small, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 36 million Soirbekians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 51.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Soirbekian economy, worth 1.57 trillion soirbecs a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 43,551 soirbecs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan, carpet bombing has decimated Brasilistan's landscape and population, The Black Hawks holds its breath as nuclear warfare is being seriously considered, and the nation is weighing the price of victory following a nuclear strike. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Soirbek's national animal is the snow leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Soirbek is ranked 105,825^th in the world and 166^th in The Black Hawks for Safest, scoring 79.94 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.