The Republic of Saranea is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Idavan Mayel with a fair hand, and remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, unlimited-speed roads, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 11.43 billion Saraneans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Talaru. The average income tax rate is 99.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Saranean economy, worth a remarkable 3,222 trillion pounds 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 large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. 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 an amazing 281,939 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Saranea's heavy congestion charges are the bane of motorists' lives, the nation locks people up and tells them they're mad for compassion's sake, anything is permissible when wearing latex gloves, and the nation's taxpayers pay for foreign governments' extravagances. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Saranea's national animal is the panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Saranea is ranked 44,218^th in the world and 2,365^th in Lazarus for Most Valuable International Artwork, with zero Bank.