The Federal Republic of Saraai is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Bear van Bearinson with an even hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, national health service, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.203 billion Saraaians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vlandia. The average income tax rate is 73.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Saraaian economy, worth 333 trillion Medvěds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 104,197 Medvěds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Kindergarten teachers with ankle-bracelets are closely supervised by their parole officers, government reports are now used to teach toddlers to read, Brancalandian Brie isn't available anywhere in Saraai, and the government regularly publishes lengthy reports on its own excessive recordkeeping. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Saraai's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Bearism.

Saraai is ranked 255,371^st in the world and 556^th in Conch Kingdom for Largest Retail Industry, scoring -12.21 on the Shrinkwrap Consignment Productivity Index.