The Republic of Samarangga is a very large, pleasant nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 336 million Samaranggans 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 tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 7.0%.

The strong Samaranggan economy, worth 21.9 trillion Samaranggan Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Retail, Gambling, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 65,086 Samaranggan Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.

College students sell their most valuable possessions just to afford pizza, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and a well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Samarangga's national animal is the Guard Lion, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Samarangga is ranked 311,989^th in the world and 13^th in East Asia for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -4.47 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.