The Federation of Sondoral is a very large, genial nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion and absence of drug laws. The democratic population of 198 million Sondoralis hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 10.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Sondorali economy, worth 8.28 trillion Markers a year, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 41,794 Markers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Mandatory neutering has made purebred dogs a thing of the past, betting pennies on games of Go Fish is considered deviant, the aims of top-secret Sondorali science projects revolve around designing the perfect robot woman, and cults that offer eternal life after death to those who follow a self-sacrificing saviour are frowned upon. Crime is well under control. Sondoral's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sondoral is ranked 193,537^th in the world and 4,189^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -1.02 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.