The Democratic Republic of Sauta is a very large, genial nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of prisons, and compulsory military service. The hard-working, cynical population of 408 million Sautans are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of La Baya. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.2%.

The very strong Sautan economy, worth 25.7 trillion Darus a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 63,091 Darus, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 223,768 per year while the poor average 12,830, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Inheritance tax has recently been abolished, foragers descend on national cemeteries for 'all-you-can-dig-up' extravaganzas, commemoration of the Great Darucolimo War costs almost as much as the war itself, and the country is littered with broken homes. Crime is moderate, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Sauta's national animal is the White Whale, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Sauta is ranked 148,281^st in the world and 4^th in Darucolimo for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1,584.88 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.