The Deterministic Dyson Sphere of Sladiane is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.848 billion Sladianeans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 16.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Sladianean economy, worth 102 trillion femos a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 54,939 femos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Every product goes through extensive safety-testing by the government, the blind lead the blind in social welfare, citizens select which government department gets their income tax femos each year, and military funding has been stripped back. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Sladiane's national animal is the gorgon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Sladiane is ranked 44,551^st in the world and 201^st in Starlight for Nicest Citizens, with 18.02 average smiles per day.