The Federation of Sicilian Isles is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Big Sam with an iron fist, and remarkable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, public floggings, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.305 billion Sicilian Islesians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sicilitown. The average income tax rate is 48.8%.

The strong Sicilian Islesian economy, worth 83.2 trillion Sicilian-Isles Crowns a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 63,789 Sicilian-Isles Crowns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Prices for nearly everything reach all-time highs as business tax breaks are discontinued, professionals are ready to retire by the time they receive permission to use their credentials, bungee jumpers rarely go splat, and the government funds private schools for intellectually gifted children. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sicilian Isles's national animal is the Carp, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Sandiism.

Sicilian Isles is ranked 80,526^th in the world and 151^st in Concord for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,183.96 on the Gilded Widget Scale.