The Empire of Saint-Dauphin is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Empress Helena with an even hand, and remarkable for its strictly enforced bedtime, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 1.466 billion Dauphinois 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 medium-sized government prioritizes Education, with Industry, Administration, and Environment also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gaia. The average income tax rate is 42.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Dauphinois economy, worth 172 trillion Dauphins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 117,910 Dauphins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government keeps introducing new foreign species to combat the previous ones it has introduced, whenever pilots have to bail out the government bails out their company, the Fashion Channel can only be viewed on widescreen TVs, and it ain't easy to be green enough to be imported into Saint-Dauphin. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Saint-Dauphin's national animal is the Owl, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Laicism.

Saint-Dauphin is ranked 17,714^th in the world and 735^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 300.2 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.