The Republic of Sagund is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its smutty television and suspicion of poets. The quiet, industrious population of 5.191 billion Sagundians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 25.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Sagundian economy, worth 213 trillion kronor a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 41,185 kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators, the nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, murder rates are on the rise as the popularity of soylent products grows, and the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Sagund City Times is sold out. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sagund's national animal is the elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sagund is ranked 313,952^nd in the world and 44^th in Lassa for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -59.77 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.