The Republic of Hurdling Sandler is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, national health service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 1.849 billion Hurdling Sandlerians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 49.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Hurdling Sandlerian economy, worth 81.2 trillion rubles a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 43,919 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

100-year-old politicians are now a thing of the past, life-saving resuscitation is denied based on decades-old teenage diaries that declare "I want to die before I get old", elections are won by the candidate who makes the best 'yo mama' jokes, and the Hanging Gardens account for half of Hurdling Sandler City's water use. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hurdling Sandler's national animal is the crocodile, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Hurdling Sandler is ranked 209,861^st in the world and 549^th in Concord for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 34.21 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.