The People's Republic of Greater Sulu is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its teetotalling pirates, anti-smoking policies, and prohibition of alcohol. The compassionate, cynical population of 591 million Greater Suluans 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 medium-sized, moralistic, 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 Sulua. The average income tax rate is 59.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Greater Suluan economy, worth 56.6 trillion Pitises a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 95,742 Pitises, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Manufacturers of biodegradable plastics have to wait for months to show evidence of organic decomposition, seasonal hay-fever sufferers are attending government drug counselling sessions to get free doughnuts, garden flower shows rarely smell of roses, and government-run screening operations remove embryos with severe genetic disorders. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greater Sulu's national animal is the Minokawa, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Greater Sulu is ranked 289,025^th in the world and 11,173^rd in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 54 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.