The Sackship of Sackballs is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Randall Hampton with an iron fist, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, keen interest in outer space, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 10.578 billion Sackballses are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sackford. The average income tax rate is 27.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sackballsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,290 trillion balls a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 121,965 balls, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The 'kind of scrawny' 500 meter hurdle is a popular event, prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries, there is an abondance of ackawi and zartschmelzend in every Sackballsian grocery store, and citizens' names are redacted on their IDs for national security. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sackballs's national animal is the axolotl, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Sackism.

Sackballs is ranked 154,391^st in the world and 1^st in Sackballs The Region for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 891.03 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.