The Divine State of The SOS Brigade is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Haruhi Suzumiya with an iron fist, and notable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.203 billion SOS Brigade members 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Industry, Administration, and Spirituality also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of the clubroom. The average income tax rate is 80.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient SOS Brigade economy, worth 197 trillion yen 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 an impressive 164,327 yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The diplomatic corps tends to open negotiations by insulting all the foreigners in the room, the act of reporting blasphemy is known as 'Orthodoxxing', laser-wielding robots are taking aim at human hearts, and tabloids coo over Haruhi Suzumiya's expected child. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The SOS Brigade's national animal is the calico cat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Haruhiism.

The SOS Brigade is ranked 112,216^th in the world and 47^th in Japan for Lowest Crime Rates, with 64.58 law-abiding acts per hour.