The Awful Research Investigation of Sins and Saints is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Mr Man with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.347 billion Sinn and Sanitins are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Reno. The average income tax rate is 78.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Sins and Saintsian economy, worth 380 trillion Chocolate Gold Coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 113,535 Chocolate Gold Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All statues and paintings of dogs are being destroyed to avoid offending cat-lovers, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, and people's charity begins and ends at home. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sins and Saints's national animal is the Cat boys, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Some Idiots.

Sins and Saints is ranked 10,285^th in the world and 1^st in Amazon Warehouse for Lowest Crime Rates, with 100.55 law-abiding acts per hour.