The Frequently Inebriated Nation of Saugeen is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Leader with a fair hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 41.754 billion Saugeenians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Education, although Industry, Administration, and Environment are also considered important, while Spirituality and Defense are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maitland. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Saugeenian economy, worth an astonishing 19,757 trillion babies a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 473,194 babies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description, the sound of office water cooler chatter has been replaced by the whirring of computer cooling fans, it's been a banner year for local vexillology, and the government is funding experimental battery technology while the power grid continues to crumble. Crime is totally unknown. Saugeen's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Saugeen is ranked 4,026^th in the world and 1^st in City Ankh Morpork for Most Influential, scoring 24,665 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.