The Great Celestial Matriarchy of Saortia is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by Jamili Aeth I with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, anti-smoking policies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 945 million Saortians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Embu das Artes. The average income tax rate is 35.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Saortian economy, worth 89.0 trillion Cruzeiroes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 94,211 Cruzeiroes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The government is continually probing the galaxy in search of alien life, teachers are skilled at leaving no evidence of child cruelty, selling your granddad's clothes requires an incredible amount of paperwork, and all footpaths have tollbooths. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Saortia's national animal is the Brazilian harpy, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Saortia is ranked 120,904^th in the world and 4,701^st in The North Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,845.59 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.