The Sultanate of Sasts-Germain is a tiny, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 14 million Germainics are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Spirituality, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.0%.

The strong Sasts-Germainian economy, worth 853 billion licscoins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. Average income is 60,930 licscoins, with the richest citizens earning 9.3 times as much as the poorest.

Neighbourhood gossips whip up controversy about those receiving adult merchandise, politicians sweat as journalists scour internet archives for any mention of them, marine biology students are shocked to discover that a whale is a mammal, and animated characters are allowed to stab each other but not hold hands. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force. Sasts-Germain's national animal is the Sallygaoter, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Sasts-Germain is ranked 235,125^th in the world and 386^th in Edoca for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -2.53 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.