The Grand Duchy of Saxmere is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Grand Duke James with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, sprawling nuclear power plants, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 26.042 billion Saxmereans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Umbra. The average income tax rate is 68.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Saxmerean economy, worth a remarkable 1,552 trillion Atlantic Ducats a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 59,608 Atlantic Ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Intelligence agencies frequently invite passers-by into their secret vaults for tea and biscuits, S-SPAN viewership drops as MPs act their age, a favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, and social media sites prompt users to send birthday greetings to unresponsive nonagenarians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Saxmere's national animal is the feathered penguine, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Saxmere is ranked 17,630^th in the world and 10^th in Western Atlantic for Safest, scoring 115.04 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.