The Loving Couple of -Sapphic Ship is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Horns Not Thorns with an iron fist, and notable for its state-planned economy, enslaved workforce, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.725 billion -Sapphic Shipians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Axe Me Anythin. The average income tax rate is 61.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient -Sapphic Shipian economy, worth 368 trillion snails a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Uranium Mining, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 98,923 snails, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The nation is renowned abroad for its love of blood and guts, lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you', opening doors for ladies is never seen as misogynistic, and annulments are on the rise as couples discover their ancestors were born in the same hospitals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Sapphic Ship's national animal is the owl, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Cards.

-Sapphic Ship is ranked 133,738^th in the world and 10^th in The City of Ba Sing Se for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,133.87 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.