The Bannorn of Sa Thauri is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Bann Amalia vas Zyral with a fair hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, keen interest in outer space, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 13.47 billion Sa Thaurians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ovda. The average income tax rate is 24.2%.

The Sa Thaurian economy, worth 719 trillion kamas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 53,414 kamas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Marijuana is legal in the privacy of your own home, the government expresses surprisingly intense opinions on the use of whip pans, weekly religious services often resemble campaign rallies, and seats at the back of the bus are reserved for homosexuals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Sa Thauri's national animal is the monitor, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Maumiqism.

Sa Thauri is ranked 37,971^st in the world and 3^rd in Windfrost Peaks for Most Cultured, scoring 75 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.