The Free Land of Saxtral is a tiny, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 14 million Saxtralians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 66.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Saxtralian economy, worth 215 billion beans a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 15,370 beans, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bin lorries have replaced birds as the source of the dawn chorus, foreign policy is to avoid standing up to bullies, children crying over dropped ice creams are offered high doses of experimental antidepressants, and sleeping on the job is recommended. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Saxtral's national animal is the raccoon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Saxtral is ranked 317,194^th in the world and 1,642^nd in the Plains of Perdition for Most Developed, scoring 46.53 on the Human Development Index.