The Democratic States of Sontre is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ban on automobiles, and irreverence towards religion. The cynical population of 3.363 billion Sontreans 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 relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 20.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Sontrean economy, worth 133 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Trout Farming, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 39,657 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The new Liquor Legitimacy Office is besieged with job applications from people who have experience in "statistical sampling methods", the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, kids are arrested at gunpoint for playing with toy rifles, and cars are banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sontre's national animal is the coyote, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Sontre is ranked 130,511^th in the world and 123^rd in Coalition of Crown Albatross for Most Patriotic, with 12.23 flags saluted per person per day.