The Armed Republic of Sierchar is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Yurist von cockwatle with an iron fist, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, vat-grown people, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 4.7 billion Siercharian are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Prachtinteger. The average income tax rate is 73.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Siercharish economy, worth 813 trillion Casings a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 172,989 Casings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The comic book series 'Yurist von cockwatle and the Villainous Corporate Cronies' is a best-seller, a politician who is photographed pulling a funny face while eating can say goodbye to their credibility, Yurist von cockwatle is quite hard to get a hold of, and Sierchar's free colleges struggle to maintain standards in the face of overwhelming demand. Crime is totally unknown. Sierchar's national animal is the Guillotine tortoise, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Ietsism.

Sierchar is ranked 23,599^th in the world and 417^th in the Pacific for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 7,970.06 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.