The Republic of Sauron Lieutenant of Angband is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, keen interest in outer space, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 505 million Saurons are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, outspoken government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Administration also on the agenda, while Welfare and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Utumno. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.7%.

The very strong Sauron economy, worth 22.3 trillion Flames of Udun a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. Average income is 44,184 Flames of Udun, with the richest citizens earning 8.6 times as much as the poorest.

The only Maxxmas gift frontline troops receive from officers is a bullet with the enemy's name on it, radio stations are forbidden to play anything with too much drum or bass, teenage girls in knee-length surfer shorts have become a cultural icon of Sauron Lieutenant of Angband, and victims of crime are viewed as less trustworthy than politicians. Crime is a problem. Sauron Lieutenant of Angband's national animal is the tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Sauron Lieutenant of Angband is ranked 133,160^th in the world and 21^st in After the Fall for Most Extreme, scoring 20.47 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.