The Federation of Sarulia is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its otherworldly petting zoo, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 870 million Sarulians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zenith. The average income tax rate is 66.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Sarulian economy, worth 56.0 trillion Srias a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is 64,340 Srias, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Economists have been named Invertebrates of the Year, the latest guided missile cruiser "Ship-1642" has received precisely zero column inches in the press, untold millions of Srias are going into a new government-funded maternity leave scheme, and buses are widely regarded as the safest way to travel. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sarulia's national animal is the Koala, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sarulia is ranked 43,407^th in the world and 111^th in Texas for Most Valuable International Artwork, with 3.57 Bank.