The Recently Surfaced Republic of The Sansvich is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Sans with a fair hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.664 billion Sansvichians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Snowdin. The average income tax rate is 70.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Sansvichian economy, worth 149 trillion Bones a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 89,674 Bones, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Police detectives carry phrenology calipers as part of their standard kit, the nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, the new airport at Mr. Giles' farm is panicking his sheep, and pandemics are over and done with by the time it takes to pass the nation's stringent border security. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Sansvich's national animal is the Human Child, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Sansvich is ranked 123,948^th in the world and 5,533^rd in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 297.67 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.