The Empire of Sogrado is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Kaiser Blake III with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, public floggings, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 12.159 billion Sogradians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Imperator sogradia. The average income tax rate is 96.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Sogradoan economy, worth a remarkable 5,082 trillion Imperial pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 417,998 Imperial pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Brancaland has gifted over nine thousand putrid moose carcasses to Sogrado as a reminder of their "special relationship", half-submerged and flooded seaside hotels are technically still next to the beach, beating enemies to death with a baseball bat is legal if done within nine innings, and the jackhammer is considered a tool of artistic criticism. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sogrado's national animal is the The Imperial Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Imperial Church.

Sogrado is ranked 657^th in the world and 1^st in The Empire of Mare Nostrum for Lowest Crime Rates, with 184.17 law-abiding acts per hour.