The Republic of S4e96 is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, ritual sacrifices, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, cynical population of 565 million S4e96ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 62.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong S4e96ian economy, worth 42.3 trillion złoties a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 74,950 złoties, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Animal liberationists receive government funding to break into animal research labs, tampons are used as cheap fishing bobbers, former school buses now regularly shuttle kids to the nearest shopping centers to work, and war vets look after war animals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. S4e96's national animal is the monkey, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

S4e96 is ranked 143,942^nd in the world and 539^th in Concord for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,163.59 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.