The Fortunes of Ambassador Sarek is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its burgeoning sehlat population. The democratic population of 16.587 billion Ambassadors enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 35.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Ambassador Sarek economy, worth 351 trillion mind melds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 21,178 mind melds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ambassador Sarek's national animal is the sehlat, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Ambassador Sarek is ranked 130,788^th in the world and 87^th in Equilism for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.