The Federation of Sebasticook is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, compulsory military service, and frequent executions. The cynical population of 451 million Sebasticookians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nokomis. The average income tax rate is 37.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Sebasticookian economy, worth 35.6 trillion Sebasticook Chaplets a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 78,942 Sebasticook Chaplets, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Airport announcements inform passengers that flights have been delayed because pilots are having afternoon naps, Members of Parliament operate under a PAYE scheme, telling someone to 'break a leg' is considered a criminal inducement to self harm, and the government is accused of being heartless by those considered brainless. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sebasticook's national animal is the Black Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sebasticook is ranked 97,707^th in the world and 2,214^th in The North Pacific for Most Corrupt Governments, with 13.73 kickbacks per hour.