The Republic of Sashkuland is a massive, genial nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.329 billion Sashkulandians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 59.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Sashkulandian economy, worth 236 trillion basils a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 101,741 basils, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Funeral mourners ridesharing with the deceased are encouraged to sit on the coffin to save room, several inches are being added to first class seating, bad punctuation has come to a full stop, and the government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sashkuland's national animal is the llama, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sashkuland is ranked 280,000^th in the world and 10,421^st in Osiris for Most Armed, with 0.15 weapons per person.