The Scorching Desert of New Saradush is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Zach with an iron fist, and remarkable for its parental licensing program, keen interest in outer space, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 40.703 billion Saradushians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Industry also on the agenda, while Environment and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saradush. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Saradushian economy, worth an astonishing 14,052 trillion gold pieces a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 345,235 gold pieces, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,858,447 per year while the poor average 8,473, a ratio of 337 to 1.

Bilingual Saradushians are viewed with suspicion, space has been brought down to earth with constellations of cancer cases across New Saradush, getting your license is a rite of passage for young adults, and grade school teachers mark homework with red "CITATION NEEDED" stamps. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. New Saradush's national animal is the bhaal spawn, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Waukeen.

New Saradush is ranked 27,648^th in the world and 1^st in That Place Over There for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 5,968.41 on the Gilded Widget Scale.