The Confederacy of Saorysa is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its daily referendums, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 527 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, socially-minded, 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 72.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Saorysian economy, worth 40.4 trillion khanos a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 76,597 khanos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The caged-bird trade is singing, museum visitors often bring lemons and black lights, companies flee the nation rather than pay their fair share of taxes, and libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars. 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 8,529^th in the world and 52^nd in Starlight for Nicest Citizens, with 34.6 average smiles per day.