The Republic of SSN85 is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Daniel O'Connell with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, parental licensing program, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.08 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, 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 33.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient SSN85ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,116 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, fairly diversified 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 261,883 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Orphans would rather live their life of luxury than be adopted by prospective parents, forest fires have dropped dramatically as there are hardly any forests left, a positive pregnancy test doubles as a visa, and the military has grudgingly released all top secret information in an effort for greater transparency. 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 251,925^th in the world and 851^st in Mikes Hope for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -4 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.