The Commonwealth of Santo del Sur is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Viceroy Victor Clarke with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.493 billion Santo del Surians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Santo del Sur. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.9%.

The very strong Santo del Surian economy, worth 171 trillion Seclusan Marks a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Gambling. Average income is 68,972 Seclusan Marks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 208,414 per year while the poor average 17,775, a ratio of 11.7 to 1.

Churches across the land are hurriedly installing auto-tune for their choirs, more sidewalk is dedicated to animals than people, the government frequently panders to parents with boutique tax credits, and Viceroy Victor Clarke has just been declared ruler of Santo del Sur in an international press conference. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Santo del Sur's national animal is the Magellanic Penguin.

Santo del Sur is ranked 221,757^th in the world and 16^th in Pacific Western Alliance for Safest, scoring 26.29 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.