The Sackship of Sackballs is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Randall Hampton with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, national health service, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 10.702 billion Sackballses are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sackford. The average income tax rate is 29.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sackballsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,324 trillion balls a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 123,772 balls, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Asking 'a penny for your thoughts?' draws law enforcement response, Sackballs's first free elections in recent memory have been successfully concluded, the government is hoping that medical aid will speak louder than human rights abuses, and political scientists despair as the national mascot election eclipses all others in voter enthusiasm. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sackballs's national animal is the axolotl, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Sackism.

Sackballs is ranked 5,423^rd in the world and 1^st in Sackballs The Region for Lowest Crime Rates, with 120.22 law-abiding acts per hour.