The Empire of Sumina is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Claudius II with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, free-roaming dinosaurs, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 9.922 billion romans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Rome. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 26.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Suminan economy, worth a remarkable 2,685 trillion denarii a year, is dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Pizza Delivery. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 270,701 denarii, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 956,511 per year while the poor average 55,367, a ratio of 17.3 to 1.

Advertisers are struggling to make water sound cool to a twitchy public, polling place volunteers are suddenly opening a huge number of offshore bank accounts, all recreational drugs are legal, and the government is washing its hands of alleged corruption. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sumina's national animal is the eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is paganism.

Sumina is ranked 50,907^th in the world and 729^th in the South Pacific for Highest Poor Incomes, with 55,367.42 Standard Monetary Units.