The Confederacy of Saorysa is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and public floggings. The compassionate, democratic population of 649 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 Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Evekan. The average income tax rate is 75.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Saorysian economy, worth 59.3 trillion khanos a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. Average income is 91,294 khanos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Museums offer moralization or your money back, the government has declared its commitment to multilateralism, tradesmen will knock 10% off their fees if customers pay cash, and most ambassadors from Saorysa retire only a few years after being appointed. 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 42,876^th in the world and 113^th in Starlight for Highest Poor Incomes, with 61,923.13 Standard Monetary Units.