The Socialist Republic of Srius is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Fredrick Tupa with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.548 billion Srians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Administration, with Industry and Education also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vega. The average income tax rate is 84.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Srian economy, worth 353 trillion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Retail, Gambling, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 138,569 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Fair play is a sportsbook refusing to pay what it owes, veteran cops reminisce over their heavy armor days, cities are engulfed by smog, and factories place endangered birds in their rafters in pursuit of government protections. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Srius's national animal is the Wolf, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christanity.

Srius is ranked 287,005^th in the world and 75^th in Thaecia for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 280.66 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.