The Empire of Saiwana is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 2.446 billion Saiwanans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saiwa. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Saiwanan economy, worth 306 trillion Saiwans a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 125,348 Saiwans, with the richest citizens earning 7.4 times as much as the poorest.

Panicking criminals no longer flush contraband down the toilet, it's illegal to be caught on tape, a ban on robots in disguise has transformed the entertainment industry, and contestants on Saiwana's Got Talent are screened by the government to make sure that they actually have talent. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Saiwana's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Saiwana is ranked 33,041^st in the world and 40^th in Fifth Empire for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 5,341.71 on the Gilded Widget Scale.