The Democratic People's Republic of Sanmite is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Pharaoh Artaxerxes VI with an iron fist, and remarkable for its national health service, frequent executions, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.726 billion Sanmites are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Administration also on the agenda, while Public Transport isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Circleville. The average income tax rate is 68.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Sanmite economy, worth 255 trillion Sanmite Marks a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 93,712 Sanmite Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is said to have a martyrdom complex, power stations shutting down at night has made bedtime reading tricky, former stunt pilots are unable to pass the licence test to fly a drone, and most academic research has ground to a halt. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sanmite's national animal is the Red-Tailed Hawk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Christianity.

Sanmite is ranked 295,232^nd in the world and 7^th in Ohio for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -7.67 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.