The Federal Democratic Union of Sarbre is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Prime Minister Dan Cahill with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, triple-decker prams, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.948 billion Sarbrea have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Äußerst. The average income tax rate is 41.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Sarbrean economy, worth 226 trillion Gold Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 116,392 Gold Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Freighter lifeboats have been replaced by state of the art marker buoys so divers can recover the cargo after they sink, calls to prayer are the newest dog whistles, tipsy fans frequently invite themselves to the board meetings of sports clubs, and election ballot papers are so long that unused ones are recycled as toilet roll. Crime is totally unknown. Sarbre's national animal is the tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Lemonism.

Sarbre is ranked 209,376^th in the world and 420^th in the Outback for Largest Populations, with 1.95 billion capita.