The Loving Couple of SapphicShip- is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Rich Witch with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, zero percent divorce rate, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.839 billion SapphicShip-ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ill Fortune. The average income tax rate is 54.9%.

The frighteningly efficient SapphicShip-ian economy, worth 958 trillion snails a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 108,491 snails, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

White strait-jackets are the new orange jumpsuits, polite commuters on the Ill Fortune Metro always let hurried workers off the train first, strip mining of rare earth metals is up while back problems are down, and unemployed judges can be found squatting in abandoned courthouses. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. SapphicShip-'s national animal is the owl, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Cards.

SapphicShip- is ranked 56,424^th in the world and 1^st in Alcris for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 165.91 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.