The Gaping Maw of Sar Chasm is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Czar Cassim with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, rampant corporate plagiarism, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 36.729 billion Sar Chastics 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Social Policy. The average income tax rate is 41.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Sar Chasmian economy, worth a remarkable 4,993 trillion pounds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 135,942 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Military equipment stores have a tendency to go up in flames, urban planners beg for just one more lane before bedtime, prisoners regularly escape detention posing as scarecrows, and from the highest mountain to the deepest cave - one can always count on finding a good cell signal in Sar Chasm. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Sar Chasm's national animal is the giraffe, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is irony.

Sar Chasm is ranked 321,226^th in the world and 16^th in Seven To Many for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring -10.49 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.