The Anglican Dominion of The Sanctus Union is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by King Miracle XVI with an iron fist, and remarkable for its smutty television, frequent executions, and triple-decker prams. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.747 billion Unionists 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Henrietta. The average income tax rate is 71.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Sanctus Unionian economy, worth 215 trillion Gold Bars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 123,579 Gold Bars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Advertisers scramble to sponsor the broadcast of King Miracle XVI's most personal functions, an aboriginal talking stick is used for leaders' debates at election time, the government is promoting multicultural values with the new 'Just Be Nice, OK?' initiative, and scaffolding is built around scaffolding to give safe access. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Sanctus Union's national animal is the Holy Sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Anglican Church of The Sanctus Union.

The Sanctus Union is ranked 17,185^th in the world and 1^st in Der Leibwache for Nicest Citizens, with 24.05 average smiles per day.