The Free Land of Sumina is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by the people with a fair hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, keen interest in outer space, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 4.692 billion Suminans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sugus. The average income tax rate is 30.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Suminan economy, worth 941 trillion euros a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an amazing 200,744 euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Biology and religious education classes have recently been merged, being the people has been voted one of the top ten most dangerous jobs, exports are stamped with "made by the invisible hand you commies", and television executives are interested in turning the people's zany home life into a sitcom. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sumina's national animal is the lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Idiocy.

Sumina is ranked 206,364^th in the world and 3,945^th in the South Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 49.5 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.