The Empire of Santamar is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Pablo de Castilla with an iron fist, and renowned for its aversion to nipples, fear of technology, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 856 million Santamarians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Industry are also considered important, while Welfare and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fortaleza. The average income tax rate is 46.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Santamarian economy, worth 110 trillion Royals a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 129,596 Royals, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Toy versions of heroin paraphernalia let kids pretend to be their favourite TV characters, ministers are now allowed to put suggestions in the governmental suggestion box, nano-Condors are the current fad sweeping the nation, and there has been a series of riots between local cannibals and health food advocates. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Santamar's national animal is the Condor, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Santamar is ranked 53,934^th in the world and 62^nd in First World Order for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 3,017.72 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.