The Republic of Southoros is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 24.705 billion Southorosians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.6%.

The thriving Southorosian economy, worth a remarkable 1,190 trillion Dragons a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Automobile Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 48,203 Dragons, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 139,602 per year while the poor average 13,190, a ratio of 10.6 to 1.

Elections have been outlawed, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, and military spending is on the increase. Crime is a problem. Southoros's national animal is the Zorse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Southoros is ranked 73,585^th in the world and 1,835^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Primitive, scoring 34.64 on the Scary Big Number Scale.