The Commonwealth of Sapient Cardboard is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Big Box with an even hand, and remarkable for its absence of drug laws, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 17.43 billion piece of cardboards enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The tiny, liberal, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Box City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.6%.

The strong cardboard economy, worth 939 trillion sheets a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 53,898 sheets, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 269,090 per year while the poor average 6,078, a ratio of 44.3 to 1.

Plain-clothes police officers follow Dàguó tourists everywhere they go, Big Box's Twitcher account is typically used to share cardboard eagle memes rather than government policy, restaurant owners fear visits from government officials more than the actual food critics, and excessive wheelchair ramps on government buildings have been compared to theme park attractions. Crime is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Sapient Cardboard's national animal is the cardboard eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Sapient Cardboard is ranked 286,344^th in the world and 9^th in Sapient Beings for Lowest Crime Rates, with 37.65 law-abiding acts per hour.