The Instrument of Fate of Sinnel is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its daily referendums, ritual sacrifices, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.362 billion Sinnelians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 49.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Sinnelian economy, worth 305 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 90,927 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Passwords to nuclear codes must now contain upper and lower case characters, the last thing Sinnelian soldiers hear before charging into battle is a preacher trying to convert them, people are careful to avoid hyperbolising that they'd "rather die" than support Leader, and the nation's reputation for treachery has left it sidelined on the international stage. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sinnel's national animal is the elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sinnel is ranked 83,480^th in the world and 1^st in Angularis for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 3,370.64 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.