The United States of Sapien-Zustand is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its digital currency, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 612 million Sapien-Zustandians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Berlin. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Sapien-Zustandian economy, worth 90.3 trillion Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is an impressive 147,491 Dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,337,113 per year while the poor average 1,906, a ratio of 701 to 1.

The bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Berlin, a death threat has replaced 'hello' as an official greeting in the nation, baby boys who pick up pink crayons are sent to a psychiatric ward, and there's a bustling black market for vegetables. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Sapien-Zustand's national animal is the Black Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Sapien-Zustand is ranked 296,257^th in the world and 6,597^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 4.43 law-abiding acts per hour.