The Republic of Sam Walsh is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its compulsory military service, prohibition of alcohol, and keen interest in outer space. The democratic population of 3.653 billion Sam Walshians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 44.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Sam Walshian economy, worth 227 trillion florins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 62,261 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Hundreds of thousands of convicts work as slaves in Sam Walsh's many privately-owned prisons, newspapers and TV broadcasters are given a list of 'acceptable words', tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread, and all beauty contests have been banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sam Walsh's national animal is the elephant.

Sam Walsh is ranked 63,239^th in the world and 6^th in AFL for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 4,616.5 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.