The Second Round of Sarcand is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, aversion to nipples, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 16.363 billion Sarcandians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 45.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Sarcandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,377 trillion Secret Red Bottles a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is 84,167 Secret Red Bottles, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 271,144 per year while the poor average 19,773, a ratio of 13.7 to 1.

City rooftops are pockmarked with the shattered remains of high velocity delivery drones, enemy navies sail within bombardment range of major coastal cities with impunity, government ministers sport new billboards that read 'Will Trade Votes for Private Members' Bill Support', and the nation is going green. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sarcand's national animal is the Flower Pot, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Sarcand is ranked 12,107^th in the world and 2^nd in Lily for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 115.16 on the Bus Surprisal Index.