The Dizzying Perspective of So Meta is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Observatron with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 15.382 billion So Metans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sprawl. The average income tax rate is 97.6%.

The frighteningly efficient So Metan economy, worth a remarkable 3,431 trillion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 223,074 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Mandatory updates on software drivers often bring life to a halt, pocket calculators are seen as status symbols for the ostentatiously wealthy, crackheads chase drug-loaded drones in hopes of a lucky drop, and evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. So Meta's national animal is the Air Pig, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Navel Gazing.

So Meta is ranked 1,491^st in the world and 5^th in Schopenhauer for Nicest Citizens, with 78.64 average smiles per day.