The Republic of SSN85 is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Daniel O'Connell with an iron fist, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, compulsory gun ownership, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.245 billion SSN85ians 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dublin. The average income tax rate is 49.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient SSN85ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,330 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, 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 282,708 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Prosecutors are tucked into bed by the household police officer, love is a precious butterfly to be crushed under diplomatic protocol, election results are often delayed for weeks to count the expat votes, and it turns out that trees grow on dollars. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SSN85's national animal is the emu, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Celtic Paganism.

SSN85 is ranked 319,288^th in the world and 626^th in Mikes Hope for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -50 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.