The Dominion of Sandestine is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its lack of airports, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 703 million Destined are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hivestorm. The average income tax rate is 69.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Destined One economy, worth 47.2 trillion Credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 67,148 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Any secret that gets off someone's chest is promptly replaced, burial ceremonies have become as routinised as tax forms, Brancalandian Brie isn't available anywhere in Sandestine, and UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sandestine's national animal is the Armadillo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sandestine is ranked 138,559^th in the world and 6^th in Greater Necanica for Most Authoritarian, with 761.38 milliStalins.