The Stratocratic Empire of Sovende is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Imperator with an iron fist, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, anti-smoking policies, and hatred of cheese. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 9.525 billion Sovendeans 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 large, corrupt government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Administration, and Education are also considered important, while Welfare and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vox. The average income tax rate is 96.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Sovendean economy, worth a remarkable 1,877 trillion Jingoes a year, is mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 197,136 Jingoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A flying elephant and Imperator share the same nickname, Sovendean diplomacy is by the book, talkative students are escorted from schools in second-hand prison buses, and tens of thousands of Sovendeans rock the night away at the annual SuperLob. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sovende's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sovende is ranked 14,667^th in the world and 15^th in Lands End for Safest, scoring 116.74 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.