The Woodhouse Sanctum of Sartorius is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory military service, avant-garde cinema, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 30.204 billion Sartoriusians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government is primarily concerned with Law & Order, although Industry, Defense, and Environment are also considered important, while Welfare and Healthcare are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.0%.

The thriving Sartoriusian economy, worth a remarkable 1,916 trillion $$s a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Cheese Exports, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 63,466 $$s, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 242,162 per year while the poor average 11,507, a ratio of 21.0 to 1.

The newest shade developed by Sartorius's dye industry has been dubbed 'Agent Orange', soldiers stream their classified military operations live for millions of fans, people believe that if you teach a man to fish he won't buy fish from you any more, and ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Sartorius's national animal is the swordfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Sartorius is ranked 286,517^th in the world and 1^st in Nile for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -46.46 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.