The Federal Democratic Union of Sarbre is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Prime Minister Dan Cahill with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.03 billion Sarbrea have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Äußerst. The average income tax rate is 41.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Sarbrean economy, worth 237 trillion Gold Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 116,871 Gold Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Reporters sent to cover suspected UFO visits come back with stories about quilting bees, the nation gives peace a chance - usually one in a million, newspaper stories fill several pages with colorful adjectives, and paralegals spend all day Hewlett-Packing attorneys' law briefs. Crime is totally unknown. Sarbre's national animal is the tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Lemonism.

Sarbre is ranked 41,788^th in the world and 193^rd in the Outback for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,177.15 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.