The People's Republic of Santurtzi is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Iane Landera with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.468 billion Santurtziarrak are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Santurtzi. The average income tax rate is 76.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Santurtziarra economy, worth 71.3 trillion Aksa Santurtziarras a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 48,536 Aksa Santurtziarras, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Young girls aren't having a ball but they are enjoying themselves, the Finance Ministry posts hourly updates on where taxpayer money is spent, mathematicians are hated by children across the country, and police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Santurtzi's national animal is the seagull, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Santurtzi is ranked 112,756^th in the world and 641^st in The Communist Bloc for Most Patriotic, with 13.91 flags saluted per person per day.