The Republic of SR-1 is a titanic, orderly nation, remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, daily referendums, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 22.796 billion SR-1ians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 33.3%.

The thriving SR-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,446 trillion $$s a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 63,462 $$s, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 189,961 per year while the poor average 16,576, a ratio of 11.5 to 1.

Half-submerged and flooded seaside hotels are technically still next to the beach, economists have been named Invertebrates of the Year, when shaking hands with foreign leaders Leader wears an armoured gauntlet, and prisoners work-share to cut down rising costs of keeping them in jail. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SR-1's national animal is the laughing swordfish, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

SR-1 is ranked 133,549^th in the world and 1^st in Silk Road for Most Corrupt Governments, with 6.3 kickbacks per hour.