The Federal Republic of Sandorkas is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 309 million Sandorkasians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sandorkas City. The average income tax rate is 57.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Sandorkasian economy, worth 26.5 trillion pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 85,701 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

The nation grinds to a halt for afternoon tea, octogenarian swimsuit models insist that they've still got it, t-shirts displaying a photo of Leader performing the Full-Monty are selling out, and digital novelty coins make for surprising vanguards of the revolution. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sandorkas's national animal is the eagle.

Sandorkas is ranked 115,225^th in the world and 1,585^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 2,099.01 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.