The Republic of Sipalay is a very large, cultured nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 469 million Sipalaynons are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 23.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Sipalaynon economy, worth 33.3 trillion Philippine Pesos a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Soda Sales, and Retail. Average income is 70,957 Philippine Pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Televangelists flaunt their expensive cars when they attend charity events, the jails are alive with the sound of birdsong, Sipalay City has restaurants serving every meat from aardvark to zebra, and annulments are on the rise as couples discover their ancestors were born in the same hospitals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Sipalay's national animal is the Philippine Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Sipalay is ranked 162,451^st in the world and 5^th in Negros Occidental for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 7,629.18 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.