The Republic of Santalcine is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 2.01 billion Santalcineans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Montcada. The average income tax rate is 68.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Santalcinean economy, worth 133 trillion francs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 66,437 francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sections of the police receive paramilitary training, tourists on boat cruises can't figure out why they smell so fishy afterward, politicians have seen a significant reduction in followers on their social media accounts, and Leader can often be seen hanging around playgrounds chatting with the kids. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Santalcine's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Santalcine is ranked 176,305^th in the world and 4,290^th in The North Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 58.4 billion Standard Monetary Units.