The Republic of Southermer is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Jacob White with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, ubiquitous missile silos, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 3.965 billion Southermerians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lottie. The average income tax rate is 23.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Southermerian economy, worth 428 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 108,178 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Veterans in wheelchairs are left waist-deep in rice paddies to gather grain, commuters travel in zigzags to avoid stalking accusations, there are no longer any roads less traveled, and politicians can be seen taking candy from babies. Crime is relatively low. Southermer's national animal is the Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Southermer is ranked 114,898^th in the world and 4,527^th in Osiris for Highest Food Quality, scoring 20.41 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.