The Matriarchy of Sgaana is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Pod of the Immortal 8 Matriarch Orca with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, public floggings, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate population of 5.074 billion Orca are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Abundant Waters of Southern Oceans. The average income tax rate is 95.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Giga-Pod economy, worth 574 trillion Salmonidaes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 113,159 Salmonidaes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hospitals have unveiled new guidelines suggesting that latex gloves do not count as clothing, children are raised bilingual from an early age, studio executives abandon tragic stories of star-crossed lovers because "it's been done", and arguments about toilet seats being left up or down get surprisingly heated. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sgaana's national animal is the Captive Human Trapped in a Bathtub, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Imprisoning Humans in their Own Bathtubs.

Sgaana is ranked 336,606^th in the world and 5,036^th in the South Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 0.35 flags saluted per person per day.