The Federal Republic of Sainto Nepeta is a fledgling, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The quiet, industrious population of 6 million Sainto Nepetans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 62.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The developing Sainto Nepetan economy, worth 176 billion Lahzes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 29,364 Lahzes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, nudity is frowned upon, voting is compulsory, and the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sainto Nepeta's national animal is the Jaguar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sainto Nepeta is ranked 272,738^th in the world and 51^st in Illuminati Empire for Most Developed, scoring 50.52 on the Human Development Index.