The Protectorate of Sojourn is a mammoth, efficient nation, remarkable for its national health service, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 6.873 billion Sojournians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The minute government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.0%.

The very strong Sojournian economy, worth 537 trillion credits a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 78,133 credits, with the richest citizens earning 8.8 times as much as the poorest.

A popular saying is "a chicken for every pot and an abortion clinic on every street", a major religion has been named as Sojourn's national religion, Leader has just been declared ruler of Sojourn in an international press conference, and Mr Happy's Funland has just been named Sojourn's new capital. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Sojourn's national animal is the Veermok, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Sojourn is ranked 25,475^th in the world and 2^nd in Sumerian Coalition for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,857.5 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.