The Confederacy of Saorysa is a huge, safe nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and public floggings. The compassionate, democratic population of 774 million Saorysians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Evekan. The average income tax rate is 76.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Saorysian economy, worth 72.8 trillion khanos a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. Average income is 94,087 khanos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway, no-one ever lasts longer than a week on a life support machine, the phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon, and grade school teachers mark homework with red "CITATION NEEDED" stamps. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Saorysa's national animal is the wild horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Saorysa is ranked 31,299^th in the world and 25^th in Starlight for Most Politically Free, scoring 84.57 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.