The United Space Federation of Socoran is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Kiga II with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 6.124 billion Socoranians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dawn Fire. The average income tax rate is 59.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Socoranian economy, worth 636 trillion Caps a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 103,869 Caps, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The acceptance of acupuncture and other alternative therapies has needled the scientific community, many marriages go virtually unconsummated, the nation's police officers are famously miserable-looking, and maximum security fish farms leave caged salmon pining for the fjords. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Socoran's national animal is the Cockatrice, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Cornism.

Socoran is ranked 107,301^st in the world and 3^rd in Region Name for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 41,859.27 Standard Monetary Units.