The Metrostocracy of Sernet is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Chief Sernesius with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, public floggings, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.512 billion Sernetians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sernetesen. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 39.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Sernetian economy, worth 313 trillion Metrons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 124,879 Metrons, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 381,480 per year while the poor average 31,685, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Prisoners due for execution often use their final statement to complain about soggy bread rolls, you're never too young to learn how to lie with confidence, the deaf are perplexed when the weather report tells them that the wind will be "bringing some rain along the Nazi ghosts", and the path to inner peace is paved with state-mandated punishment. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Sernet's national animal is the Strognus, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Anti-Islamist Sunni Islam.

Sernet is ranked 14,634^th in the world and 5^th in Metropolitan Union for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 75,676.76 Standard Monetary Units.