The Federal Empire of Saphirien is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Evileye with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 33.179 billion Saphirians 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 Industry, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Trillgard. The average income tax rate is 88.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Saphirian economy, worth a remarkable 5,634 trillion Saphirian Golds a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 169,810 Saphirian Golds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Turnstile jumpers grow up to be tax cheats, bemused citizens are encouraged to sing foreign-language hymns of religions they have never heard of, third world countries are rich in "I Love Trillgard" t-shirts, and editorials that criticize the government are legally obligated to display the "pants on fire" warning. Crime is totally unknown. Saphirien's national animal is the Wyvern, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is the Saphirien Codex.

Saphirien is ranked 29,964^th in the world and 221^st in the Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 5,325.29 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.