The People's Republic of South pass is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its strictly enforced bedtime, anti-smoking policies, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 3.482 billion South passians 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 Law & Order, Industry, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 28.2%.

The powerhouse South passian economy, worth 227 trillion florins a year, is dominated by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Cheese Exports, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 65,343 florins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 218,937 per year while the poor average 14,484, a ratio of 15.1 to 1.

Brancalandian is the primary spoken language at most major tech companies, immigrants are required to salute the flag five times a day, the song 'They Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in South pass' is a smash hit, and monarchs only get custody of the royal crown on holidays and weekends. Crime is a problem. South pass's national animal is the squirrel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

South pass is ranked 157,424^th in the world and 11^th in the scammers for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 718.85 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.