The City of South Bend is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by James Mueller with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and unlimited-speed roads. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 3.46 billion South Bendians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government prioritizes Education, although Industry, Environment, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Defense and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The County-City Building. The average income tax rate is 17.3%.

The powerhouse South Bendian economy, worth 316 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. Average income is 91,410 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Otter is one of the most popular forenames in South Bend, explicit slash fiction is repackaged for kindergarten kids as stories about friends cuddling friends, anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, and attendance of fathers at PTA meetings is at an all-time high. Crime is totally unknown. South Bend's national animal is the otter, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

South Bend is ranked 29,202^nd in the world and 3^rd in Indiana for Nicest Citizens, with 19.27 average smiles per day.