The State of Sandfield is a gargantuan, orderly nation, notable for its complete lack of public education and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 30.428 billion Sandfielderites are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.4%.

The thriving Sandfieldian economy, worth a remarkable 1,301 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Soda Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 42,772 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 138,234 per year while the poor average 10,001, a ratio of 13.8 to 1.

Voting is voluntary. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Sandfield's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sandfield is ranked 235,088^th in the world and 1^st in Phoenix Islands for Nicest Citizens, with 10.55 average smiles per day.