The Federation of Sordica is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Prime Minister Alexandre Ferrand with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 19.807 billion Sordicans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Georgevale. The average income tax rate is 98.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Sordican economy, worth a remarkable 2,670 trillion Sordican Pounds a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 134,838 Sordican Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Political talk shows often have children as guests whenever they need commentary on world religions, would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here", tax revenue is often intercepted by international accountants before ever seeing the national treasury, and getting an abortion takes less hassle than writing a letter. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sordica's national animal is the Sordican Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sordica is ranked 3,974^th in the world and 6^th in New Warsaw Pact for Lowest Crime Rates, with 122.32 law-abiding acts per hour.