The Stratocratic Empire of Sovende is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Imperator with an iron fist, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, aversion to nipples, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 9.504 billion Sovendeans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Administration, and Education are also considered important, while Spirituality and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vox. The average income tax rate is 96.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Sovendean economy, worth a remarkable 1,886 trillion Jingoes a year, is mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 198,546 Jingoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

A flying elephant and Imperator share the same nickname, Sovendean diplomacy is by the book, talkative students are escorted from schools in second-hand prison buses, and tens of thousands of Sovendeans rock the night away at the annual SuperLob. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sovende's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sovende is ranked 57,618^th in the world and 56^th in Lands End for Highest Food Quality, scoring 31.29 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.