The Principality of Sussen is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Asůkaii with an iron fist, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, sprawling nuclear power plants, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.892 billion Sussenianites 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Suß. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 71.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Sussenian economy, worth 334 trillion Sußbunds a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 176,942 Sußbunds, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.

Breastfeeding mothers are replacing smokers to loiter outside the workplace, stray cats threaten the fledgling avian-based internet, the latest electric jet fighter has almost enough battery charge to reach cruising altitude -- provided you don't use the radar, and criminals rejoice in the streets as the entire police force is sent away on a training retreat. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sussen's national animal is the Bürm, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Asüen.

Sussen is ranked 327,855^th in the world and 17,784^th in Balder for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -14.64 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.