The Federal Republic of Santos-Dominius is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Acting President Donald Verbloem with a fair hand, and notable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.137 billion Santo-Dominians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Friberne. The average income tax rate is 99.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Santo-Dominian economy, worth a remarkable 1,418 trillion SD Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 198,754 SD Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Popular cartoon characters frequently appear in government-sponsored PSAs reminding students to say no to drugs, dubiously qualified East Lebatuckese doctors prescribe ice baths as a treatment for pneumonia, third world countries are rich in "I Love Friberne" t-shirts, and the government supplies ragtag bands of resistance fighters in exchange for vague promises of future payment. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Santos-Dominius's national animal is the Rainbow Peacock, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Santos-Dominius is ranked 263,370^th in the world and 6,954^th in the West Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -35.39 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.