The New Horizons of Sandy Wilds is a massive, safe nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, lack of airports, and parental licensing program. The compassionate, cynical population of 2.052 billion Sandy Wildsians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 40.4%.

The powerhouse Sandy Wildsian economy, worth 181 trillion stardusts a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 88,314 stardusts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Father-son fishing trips have been banned, those who don't have a bean to spend don't know a bean about Brasilistanian coffee beans, a ban on unsolicited cold calling in all forms is in effect, and well-off serial killers write monthly checks to avoid jail time. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sandy Wilds's national animal is the moonlark, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Sandy Wilds is ranked 261,935^th in the world and 667^th in Horizon for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -5.87 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.