The Incorporated States of Sarzonia is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by President Grant Haffner with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and smutty television. The compassionate, cheerful population of 31.218 billion Sarzonians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Policy, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Woodstock. The average income tax rate is 3.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sarzonian economy, worth a remarkable 6,264 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 200,678 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children are often punished for the sins of the fathers, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal, families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain, and a well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate. Crime is totally unknown. Sarzonia's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sarzonia is ranked 1,983^rd in the world and 6^th in Atlantian Oceania for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring 182.05 on the Hayek Index.