The United States of Sapien-Zustand is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, irreverence towards religion, and enforced nudity. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 760 million Sapien-Zustandians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Berlin. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Sapien-Zustandian economy, worth 121 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Gambling. Average income is an impressive 159,903 Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 487,729 per year while the poor average 40,660, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Psychiatrists that date patients are congratulated on their romantic conquests, advertisers scramble to sponsor the broadcast of Leader's most personal functions, voting for pro-Bigtopian candidates is voluntary, and mouldy bread is served as an appetizer in many restaurants. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Sapien-Zustand's national animal is the Black Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Sapien-Zustand is ranked 38,992^nd in the world and 865^th in The North Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 4,520.35 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.