The Financial Mistake of Sierra Andreas is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 570 million Andreasians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government prioritizes Industry, although Healthcare, Education, and Defense are also considered important, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 49.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Andreasian economy, worth 58.0 trillion Santoes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 101,720 Santoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Lifeguards are more concerned with watching for sharks than struggling swimmers, hand-to-hand combat experience is udderly essential for all dairy ranchers, the nation's navy has been named the scourge of the seven thousand seas, and asthmatics can now suffer the effects of polluting chimneys from further away than ever before. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sierra Andreas's national animal is the Tomcat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Sierra Andreas is ranked 90,352^nd in the world and 1,876^th in The North Pacific for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 66.89 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.