The Great Republic of Sassage is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Winthrop Leonardson with an even hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, free-roaming dinosaurs, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 10.266 billion Sassites 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tartarus. The average income tax rate is 80.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sassatic economy, worth a remarkable 1,706 trillion Dollars a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 166,188 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The law forbids arson, murder, and low-quality cheese, cyclists spend more time unlocking their bicycles than they do cycling, it takes months to get the proper permits for a child's first tricycle, and it's been a banner year for local vexillology. Crime is totally unknown. Sassage's national animal is the Sea Otter, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Sassage is ranked 91,136^th in the world and 23^rd in Free Market Federation for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 2,310.55 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.