The Kingdom of Sand union is a very large, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, zero percent divorce rate, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 152 million Sandstonians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 55.1%.

The Sand unionian economy, worth 7.67 trillion Grand sand coins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 50,446 Grand sand coins, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 199,863 per year while the poor average 8,604, a ratio of 23.2 to 1.

Students who refuse to pray are expelled from school, Sand union City's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight, weekly religious services often resemble campaign rallies, and the unemployed are quite literally sold to the highest bidder. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sand union's national animal is the Sand Duck, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Sand union is ranked 276,545^th in the world and 241^st in Karma for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -8.77 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.