The Commonwealth of Sunburn is a very large, genial nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 497 million Sunburns are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government is primarily concerned with Administration, although Healthcare, Law & Order, and Welfare are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Halcyona. The average income tax rate is 30.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Sunburned economy, worth 21.9 trillion Credits a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 43,975 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, parents who reward their teens' chores with concert tickets are charged with illegal reselling, school children asked "what is two times two?" are likely to form a symposium to discuss how different answers make them feel, and the National Archive now covers square miles of warehouses in order to accommodate its new stone tablets system. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sunburn's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Sunburn is ranked 68,595^th in the world and 49^th in Eladria for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,254.82 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.