The Republic of Sea Lions is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its vat-grown people, otherworldly petting zoo, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.429 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 large 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 61.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Sea Lionian economy, worth 320 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 93,598 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 16,978^th in the world and 441^st in The East Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,141.75 pounds of wildlife per square mile.