The Empire of Seltsames Auge is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Toribius Wäßch III with a fair hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, ban on automobiles, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 2.113 billion Seltsames 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nova Tersiris. The average income tax rate is 24.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Seltsamesian economy, worth 280 trillion Märshes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is an impressive 132,933 Märshes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Vats of anabolic steroids are being dumped into the ocean to make Seltsamesian mussels the biggest in Callista, a shocking number of estate planners are beneficiaries of their clients' wills, the regional delicacy of chocolate bombes is deadlier than an unexploded bomb, and populations of two-headed Raccoons have been found around recently-uncovered archaeological sites. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Seltsames Auge's national animal is the Raccoon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Seltsames Auge is ranked 127,367^th in the world and 38^th in Callista for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 898.4 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.