The Empire of Sigmason is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its frequent executions, complete lack of prisons, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, devout population of 185 million Sigmasonians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 77.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Sigmasonian economy, worth 8.27 trillion Sigmas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 44,724 Sigmas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques, literature classes frequently go on field trips to rock concerts, fifteen-year-olds cannot walk younger siblings to school without a professional Childcare and Education Certificate, and whipping posts and lashes have been transferred to the Historical Museum of Sigmasonian Embarrassments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sigmason's national animal is the Skibidi toilet, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sigmason is ranked 278,334^th in the world and 251^st in Karma for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -6.48 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.