The Republic of Sunset is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Erika Silaco with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, smutty television, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 46.344 billion Nimatojin 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 Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of CORE CyberGov. The average income tax rate is 90.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Nimatojin economy, worth an astonishing 24,081 trillion DiCoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. Average income is a breathtaking 519,625 DiCoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

10-year-olds who struggle with integrating by parts are considered slow learners, cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, and physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques. Crime is totally unknown. Sunset's national animal is the Kasei Taigā, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Sunset is ranked 1,768^th in the world and 2^nd in The Vast for Lowest Crime Rates, with 149.53 law-abiding acts per hour.