The Confederacy of Saorysa is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its frequent executions, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 575 million Saorysians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Evekan. The average income tax rate is 73.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Saorysian economy, worth 50.6 trillion khanos a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 88,008 khanos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The acceptance of acupuncture and other alternative therapies has needled the scientific community, giant beards and handlebar moustaches are increasingly popular, preschoolers outnumber veteran politicians in government, and this summer's chart-toppers sound almost the same as last year's. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Saorysa's national animal is the wild horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Saorysa is ranked 263,263^rd in the world and 460^th in Starlight for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.65 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.