The Empire of Sandansk is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, digital currency, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.017 billion Sandanskians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ellaba. The average income tax rate is 50.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Sandanskian economy, worth 80.7 trillion Pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 79,321 Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The constant playing of Merry Birthday on Sandanskian radio has led to calls for the song to be classified as a crime against humanity, holiday light displays just aren't the same without seizure-inducing strobe effects, businesses are scrambling to adapt to the government's mandate that 'time and measurement no longer exist', and most ambassadors from Sandansk retire only a few years after being appointed. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sandansk's national animal is the Meerkat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sandansk is ranked 16,206^th in the world and 853^rd in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 94 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.