The Community of Samastette is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 113 million Samastetteans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 46.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Samastettean economy, worth 4.07 trillion Beer Tokens a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Uranium Mining, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 36,038 Beer Tokens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

High school boys are required to pass vigorous self-mastery and sensitivity training to graduate, praying before a battle is a court-martial offence, on-duty Air Samastette flight attendants are usually seen napping in first class, and residents of new housing subdivisions complain about the total absence of supermarkets and restaurants. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Samastette's national animal is the Trash Panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Samastette is ranked 185,614^th in the world and 246^th in Refugia for Largest Soda Pop Sector, scoring -1 on the Addison-Fukk Productivity Rating.