The Republic of Sateroc is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Oljon Slach with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, disturbing lack of elderly people, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 6.406 billion Saterocians 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 relatively small, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kolkesburg. The average income tax rate is 16.2%.

The strong Saterocian economy, worth 320 trillion Sares a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Furniture Restoration, and Gambling. Average income is 50,084 Sares, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.

The state has declared war on the environment and environmentalists by association, jails have become colloquially known as 'vampire houses', waste is frequently shipped to other countries, and government reports are now used to teach toddlers to read. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Sateroc's national animal is the Cascutian Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Sateroc is ranked 228,974^th in the world and 200^th in Coalition of Crown Albatross for Lowest Crime Rates, with 56.14 law-abiding acts per hour.