The Republic of Suq is a mid-sized, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 67 million Suqians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 45.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Suqian economy, worth 667 billion 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 a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Cheese 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 9,969 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Suq's national animal is the dove.

Suq is ranked 236,319^th in the world and 5^th in Three Letter Words for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 644.12 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.