The Instrument of Fate of Sinnel is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its daily referendums, zero percent divorce rate, and smutty television. The hard-nosed population of 3.233 billion Sinnelians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 46.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Sinnelian economy, worth 292 trillion 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 large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 90,548 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Reporters who negatively comment on politicians' haircuts are cut from the news, a baby's first breath is also a baby's first felony, surrogate mothers are encouraged to refer to their wombs as 'rental space', and the government's fruit business reeks of rotting produce and corruption. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sinnel's national animal is the elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sinnel is ranked 67,717^th in the world and 1^st in Angularis for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 141.73 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.