The Empire of Samie is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and enforced nudity. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.026 billion Samieans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Public Transport. The average income tax rate is 77.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Samiean economy, worth 12.9 trillion Samiean Dollars 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 led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 12,556 Samiean Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Workers' complaints never reach central planning, a Novus Ineptias Tourist Association survey has rated Samie #1 for number twos, Leader has just been declared ruler of Samie in an international press conference, and escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Samie's national animal is the Samiean Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Samie is ranked 79,857^th in the world and 1^st in Novus Ineptias for Most Corrupt Governments, with 20.68 kickbacks per hour.