The Confederacy of Saorysa is a huge, genial nation, notable for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and frequent executions. The compassionate, democratic population of 660 million Saorysians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Evekan. The average income tax rate is 75.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Saorysian economy, worth 60.3 trillion khanos a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. Average income is 91,423 khanos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The government funds large training centres to turn wild horses into functioning members of society, kids looking for shark teeth have become ancient history, the government guarantees extra-soft tissues to fire-snorting elephants, and strict term limits have been applied to all elected offices. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Saorysa's national animal is the wild horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Saorysa is ranked 204,771^st in the world and 299^th in Starlight for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -4 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.