The Federal Republic of Actus Sams is a mammoth, cultured nation, notable for its parental licensing program, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 8.174 billion Actus Samsians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 72.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Actus Samsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,020 trillion pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an impressive 124,849 pounds, with the richest citizens earning 9.5 times as much as the poorest.

Teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, flight attendants rip down curtains with revolutionary fervor, Actus Sams successfully hosted the Osiris Olympics, and the house always wins. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Actus Sams's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Actus Sams is ranked 18,000^th in the world and 780^th in Osiris for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 2 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.