The Republic of Sea Lions is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.351 billion Sea Lionians 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 Administration, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Singapura. The average income tax rate is 59.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Sea Lionian economy, worth 316 trillion Sand Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 94,438 Sand Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A girl's success in life is often linked to her performance in beauty pageants, arguments about toilet seats being left up or down get surprisingly heated, pre-takeoff checks last longer than the flights themselves, and annual Formula One races bring the capital to a screeching halt. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Sea Lions's national animal is the Sea Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Sea Lions is ranked 57,199^th in the world and 1,156^th in The East Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 72.38 law-abiding acts per hour.