The Department of Haute-Saone is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 3.549 billion Haut-Saônoises are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government prioritizes Law & Order, with Healthcare, Welfare, and Education also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vesoul. The average income tax rate is 45.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Haut-Saônois economy, worth 39.0 trillion francs 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, broadly diversified black market in Automobile Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. 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 10,983 francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Skateparks can be found in every city, citizens receive notices of disenfranchisement along with their parking tickets, victims of crime are viewed as less trustworthy than politicians, and politicians sweat as journalists scour internet archives for any mention of them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Haute-Saone's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Haute-Saone is ranked 41,233^rd in the world and 10^th in Department Store for Safest, scoring 105.46 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.