The Republic of Saciness is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 271 million Sacinessians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.5%.

The very strong Sacinessian economy, worth 18.7 trillion Doobs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Pizza Delivery, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 69,019 Doobs, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 236,185 per year while the poor average 14,822, a ratio of 15.9 to 1.

The world outside is only known of in folklore, burning members of the Order of Violet is the nation's favorite pastime, a stitch in time could see you serving nine, and a PhD just ain't what it used to be. Crime is moderate. Saciness's national animal is the Viper, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Saciness is ranked 183,797^th in the world and 11^th in The Coalition of Card Buddies for Safest, scoring 54.64 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.