The Federation of The Sernetian colonies is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 223 million Sernetian coloniesians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.0%.

The very strong Sernetian coloniesian economy, worth 17.5 trillion metrons a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 78,265 metrons, with the richest citizens earning 9.7 times as much as the poorest.

Diabetics find the contents of their medications hard to stomach, the nation refuses to discard its increasingly useless penny, luxury brands target their advertising at the unemployed and homeless, and there has been a rapid increase of noise complaints over the sound of buzzing bees. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Sernetian colonies's national animal is the skroze, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Sernetian colonies is ranked 12,431^st in the world and 2^nd in Metropolitan Union for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 8,319.46 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.