The Sultanate of Sharisatar is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Sultana Miriam V Cola with an iron fist, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate, ban on automobiles, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 15.394 billion Sharisatarians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 37.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sharisatarian economy, worth a remarkable 1,317 trillion Honds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Gambling, Soda Sales, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 85,580 Honds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Territories have the right to secede if they aren't happy, teenagers stay out into the wee hours of the morning "stargazing", children who display even minimal sporting aptitude are immediately assigned a personal trainer, and the nation has learned that pulling out is messy. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Sharisatar's national animal is the beetle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Islam.

Sharisatar is ranked 274,971^st in the world and 9^th in Force for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -8.53 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.