The Republic of Saratin is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, vat-grown people, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 6.846 billion Saratinians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saratin City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 72.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Saratinian economy, worth a remarkable 1,694 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 247,571 Dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 974,266 per year while the poor average 42,698, a ratio of 22.8 to 1.

Vacationers and business travelers are often warned that they may lose the right to vote if they spend too much time overseas, new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Saratin to be bombproof, criminals and college students are taking an interest in the government's new weed-killing program, and punitive tariffs protect local industry. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Saratin's national animal is the Tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Saratin is ranked 77,349^th in the world and 107^th in The League for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 2,927.96 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.