The Free Land of Simenon is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, rampant corporate plagiarism, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 38.006 billion Simenonians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny government prioritizes Education, although Social Policy and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and Law & Order receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Liège. The average income tax rate is 19.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The enormous but sluggish Simenonian economy, worth a remarkable 1,734 trillion franc belges a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Gambling. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 45,636 franc belges, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

NationStates staff are easily recognizable by their gold-plated mansions, politicians who vacation in East Lebatuck lose their jobs upon their return, the nation's hospitals are criticized for caring more about profits than patients, and knitters are arrested for carrying needles in their bags. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Simenon's national animal is the chat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Simenon is ranked 20,344^th in the world and 11^th in Universal Dream Network for Highest Food Quality, scoring 116.06 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.