The People's Republic of Sourus Kale is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Kaleb with an iron fist, and notable for its aversion to nipples, smutty television, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 11.37 billion Sourus Kaleans 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kale. The average income tax rate is 56.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sourus Kalean economy, worth a remarkable 1,706 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Retail, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 150,131 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ancestry test results arrive bundled with patent applications, estate agents justify funky smells by revealing how often the previous owners showered, the education system is being cleansed of all corporate influence, and meetings are often scheduled for "about four-ish" following complete conversion to sundials. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Sourus Kale's national animal is the kale snail, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Chaos.

Sourus Kale is ranked 307,325^th in the world and 10^th in Romania for Most Cultured, scoring 28 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.