The Federal Democratic Union of Sarbre is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Prime Minister Dan Cahill with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.899 billion Sarbrea 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 prioritizes Defense, although Education, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Social Policy and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Äußerst. The average income tax rate is 38.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Sarbrean economy, worth 215 trillion Gold Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 113,415 Gold Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nature magazines featuring stick insects on their covers are sometimes mistaken for fashion magazines, Tiger sanctuaries have been taken over by hydraulic fracturing sites, an extra hand on the leg will give a horse-and-a-half of lead in a hundred jiffies on seven furlongs, and the nation's new foreign policy of 'very disproportionate retribution' has its neighbors on edge. Crime is totally unknown. Sarbre's national animal is the tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Lemonism.

Sarbre is ranked 26,208^th in the world and 75^th in the Outback for Highest Poor Incomes, with 80,563.58 Standard Monetary Units.