The High Athelingric of Samberus is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Asher Wiley with an even hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads, keen interest in outer space, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate, devout population of 5.957 billion Samberusians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Osearwynn. The average income tax rate is 73.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Samberusian economy, worth 752 trillion pounds a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 126,263 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The numbers on the latest spending report are reaching stellar levels, the contraband cigarette trade is lighting up across Samberus, passwords to nuclear codes must now contain upper and lower case characters, and citizens who fail to follow the official national religion are executed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Samberus's national animal is the snow leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Adoptionism.

Samberus is ranked 24,675^th in the world and 830^th in Snep for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 7,531.99 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.