The United States of Sagevick is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, ubiquitous missile silos, and irreverence towards religion. The quiet, industrious population of 2.935 billion Sagevickians 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sagevick City. The average income tax rate is 75.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sagevickian economy, worth 248 trillion Sagevick Dollars a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 84,735 Sagevick Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government prefers to kill off its enemies by peaceful means, the government is avowedly secular, in court almost every witness is a hostile witness, and heavily subsidised Sagevickian baskets litter the streets of The North Pacific. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sagevick's national animal is the Sagevick Eagle-Owls, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Secularism.

Sagevick is ranked 36,326^th in the world and 1,269^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 79.33 law-abiding acts per hour.