The Christmas Tsardom of East Sakhlin is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, unlimited-speed roads, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 748 million Sakhalinsks are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of East Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The average income tax rate is 65.0%.

The all-consuming East Sakhlinian economy, worth 76.8 trillion Saks a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 102,659 Saks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Government-sponsored gallows are being erected by Violetist temples, the nation thirsts for new freedoms, complaining about Christmas music in October is a ho-ho-horrendous crime, and the recently unemployed can often be seen at the local homeless shelter. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. East Sakhlin's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

East Sakhlin is ranked 34,679^th in the world and 987^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 2,889.87 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.