The Scarlet Pavilion of Sapphiron is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Sunstrider with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 17.699 billion Lapis are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Infernas. The average income tax rate is 43.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Lazuli economy, worth a remarkable 2,148 trillion Golds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 121,397 Golds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Police officers catch up on their paperwork while handing their caseload to PIs, the nation's police officers are famously miserable-looking, cancer rates amongst the richest in society are inexplicably on the rise, and attempts to inform people about their unclaimed property are often mistaken for telephone scams. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sapphiron's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Solar Worship.

Sapphiron is ranked 28,877^th in the world and 63^rd in Wintreath for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 6,530.63 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.