The Republic of SSN13 is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Daniel O'Connell with an iron fist, and notable for its otherworldly petting zoo, infamous sell-swords, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.246 billion SSN13ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dublin. The average income tax rate is 31.9%.

The frighteningly efficient SSN13ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,240 trillion rubles 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 a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. 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 amazing 271,696 rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Phone taps are frequently carried out by the police, retiring citizens are dragged away in the middle of the night by mysterious men in black suits, foreign governments are threatened if they so much as mention the word "election", and residents are readily ratting out rats in restaurants. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SSN13's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Celtic Paganism.

SSN13 is ranked 2,316^th in the world and 372^nd in Mikes Hope for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 71,269.47 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.