The Republic of SSN34 is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Daniel O'Connell with an iron fist, and renowned for its daily referendums, free-roaming dinosaurs, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.022 billion SSN34ians 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 relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Blaze View. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 63.5%.

The frighteningly efficient SSN34ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,462 trillion marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 306,912 marks, with the richest citizens earning 8.6 times as much as the poorest.

The new Refuse Hills housing development is under construction, the state-controlled media salutes those about to spy, teachers are dying as they attempt to read 500 word essays without pausing for breath, and increasing numbers of children in SSN34 have different eye and hair color to their supposed fathers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SSN34's national animal is the lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Celtic Paganism.

SSN34 is ranked 7,427^th in the world and 206^th in Mikes Hope for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 477.65 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.