The Sandkings of Osymandyas is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by The Traveller with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless, devout population of 12.89 billion Osymandyasians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Oasis. The average income tax rate is 93.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Osymandyasian economy, worth a remarkable 2,685 trillion kind gestures a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 208,345 kind gestures, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Jury selection begins with explaining what a jury is, jaw strain is an increasingly common ailment, glamping Osymandyasians won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi, and governments opposing Osymandyas are beset by rebels. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Osymandyas's national animal is the desert rat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is True Faith.

Osymandyas is ranked 45,672^nd in the world and 56^th in the Outback for Largest Populations, with 12.9 billion capita.