The State of Saipha is a gargantuan, orderly nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, complete lack of prisons, and complete lack of public education. The hard-working, cynical population of 21.118 billion Saiphans are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Welfare, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.2%.

The powerhouse Saiphan economy, worth 773 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Pizza Delivery, and Retail. Average income is 36,609 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 129,586 per year while the poor average 7,467, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

The government is avowedly atheist and elections have been outlawed. Crime is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Saipha's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Saipha is ranked 19,612^th in the world and 275^th in Ancient Lands for Most Valuable International Artwork, with zero Bank.