The Holy Sanctuary of Serpenseden is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Ophion with a fair hand, and notable for its vat-grown people, rampant corporate plagiarism, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.188 billion Serpens enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, although Environment, Administration, and Social Policy are also considered important, while Spirituality and Defense are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Den. The average income tax rate is 92.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Serpensedenian economy, worth 732 trillion Scales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 141,215 Scales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is washing its hands of alleged corruption, the volume of paperwork used to complete a single environmental assessment defeats the purpose, sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations, and criminals and college students are taking an interest in the government's new weed-killing program. Crime is totally unknown. Serpenseden's national animal is the Serpent, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Sanctuary of Mother Mine.

Serpenseden is ranked 30,032^nd in the world and 12^th in Benigtopia for Highest Average Incomes, with 141,215.76 Standard Monetary Units.