The Democratic Peoples Republic of SEERI OUSLEE ILL is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by I AM SERIOUSLY-ILL with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, state-planned economy, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 1.836 billion ALL WORKERS PRAISE THE LEADERS 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of ALL PLACES ARE PERFECT BECAUSE OF LEADER. The average income tax rate is 68.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving SEERI OUSLEE ILLian economy, worth 174 trillion ALL CURRENCY IS OWNED BY LEADERS 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 a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. 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 94,939 ALL CURRENCY IS OWNED BY LEADERS, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Art is not complete without a touch of alizarin blood and titanium sweat, squeaky high prepubescent voices recite the patriotic poem "Hail to The Leader!" before each meal, the nation threatens sanctions on islands only visible at low tide, and it takes all playtime for children to locate their friends among two hundred identical heads. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SEERI OUSLEE ILL's national animal is the ALL ANIMALS LOVE AND CHERISH LEADER, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is ALL CREATURES LISTEN TO GLORIOUS LEADER.

SEERI OUSLEE ILL is ranked 311,095^th in the world and 1,088^th in Concord for Nicest Citizens, with 0.66 average smiles per day.