The Republic of Sanatana is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 205 million Sanatanans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and look forward to their next free and open election, to be held on an as-yet unannounced date.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.4%.

The strong Sanatanan economy, worth 10.9 trillion Swarnas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Information Technology, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 53,067 Swarnas, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

Food voucher forgeries are causing headaches for the police, most citizens in Sanatana are abject pyrophobes after extremely graphic pamphlets were mailed nationwide by the government, the men in trenchcoats hanging around playgrounds are actually police officers, and kids learn to count without the numbers '0' or '1'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Sanatana's national animal is the Aaeraawat , which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sanatana is ranked 214,991^st in the world and 16^th in USSR for Highest Drug Use, scoring 84.71 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.