The Queen's State of Segro is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its public floggings, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 34.59 billion Segroans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. The average income tax rate is 70.3%.

The strong Segroan economy, worth a remarkable 1,562 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Average income is 45,186 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

The government is attempting to revitalize a gutted private sector, the government is reigning in public spending, citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits, and record sales of 'child-whacking sticks' have been recorded. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Segro's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Segro is ranked 218,493^rd in the world and 390^th in State for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 45.83 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.