The Republic of Semart is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, national health service, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 877 million Semartians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 28.0%.

The Semartian economy, worth 31.6 trillion smart dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 36,001 smart dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Only 'organics' are permitted to be citizens, the government is rounding up computers and beating them into plowshares, students who do not recite the national anthem each morning have to drop and give their teacher 50, and the arms industry is strictly regulated. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Semart's national animal is the brain, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Semart is ranked 152,925^th in the world and 117^th in Federation of Martian Colonies for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,518.74 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.