The People's Republic of Sidefall is a huge, safe nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 866 million Sidefallians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 26.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Sidefallian economy, worth 24.6 trillion papes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 28,417 papes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Pareidolic SETI scientists swear there's a message from aliens hidden within pi, toddler groups have taken over local libraries, the nation's laws on image rights are amongst the strictest in the world, and there are increasing complaints that male AI assistants have aggressive voices. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Sidefall's national animal is the bird.

Sidefall is ranked 216,051^st in the world and 4^th in Two for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 47.43 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.