The Incorporated States of Sarzonia is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Grant Haffner with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, cheerful population of 42.782 billion Sarzonians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The relatively small, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Policy, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Woodstock. The average income tax rate is 39.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sarzonian economy, worth a remarkable 8,401 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 196,379 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Factories grind to a halt every time there is an election, government officials frequently cut taxes as a distraction from antics with their secretaries, hospitals are amongst the best-funded in the region, and elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates. Crime is totally unknown. Sarzonia's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sarzonia is ranked 17,348^th in the world and 1^st in Arrosia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 5,415.38 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.