The Confederacy of Saundie is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Dr Cakeston with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ritual sacrifices, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 37.886 billion Saundieans 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 Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cakeston. The average income tax rate is 21.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Saundiean economy, worth a remarkable 5,952 trillion cheesecakes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 157,105 cheesecakes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign powers often deal with problems that Saundie can't handle, scientists who publish a non-reproducible result are tarred and feathered, for 25 cheesecakes tourists can gawk at the site of national tragedy, and colonies are told they'll get their sovereignty back when they finish supper. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Saundie's national animal is the cheesecake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Saundie is ranked 181,743^rd in the world and 6,942^nd in Lazarus for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 79.69 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.