The New Republic of SAmbUca is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by President Amelia Watson with an iron fist, and notable for its ritual sacrifices, free-roaming dinosaurs, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.585 billion SAmbUcans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Canberra. The average income tax rate is 68.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sambian economy, worth 517 trillion Gold Bars a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 144,102 Gold Bars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Overhead luggage compartments on planes sometimes conceal diminutive intelligence officers, organ donation is compulsory, competing private ambulances racing to be the first to traffic accidents are a major cause of road accidents, and school plays were recently banned due to concerns of child endangerment. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SAmbUca's national animal is the Jangahordian, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Canberra Catholicism.

SAmbUca is ranked 15,371^st in the world and 1^st in The House of Buca for Highest Poor Incomes, with 104,273.44 Standard Monetary Units.