The People's Confederation of Sanctum Teriaris is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Carli Demastrum with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.707 billion Terisians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sancta Arphos. The average income tax rate is 71.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Sanctum Teriarisian economy, worth 575 trillion Terris a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 100,869 Terris, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sanctum Teriarisian watches are often the only thing to survive a disaster intact, teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, Scoutmasters debate whether luxury log cabins defeat the purpose of camping, and blind dates reemerge as a necessary evil in the quest for love. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sanctum Teriaris's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Sanctum Teriaris is ranked 34,152^nd in the world and 1,227^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 200.86 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.