The Republic of S4e49 is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its frequent executions, ban on automobiles, and lack of airports. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 690 million S4e49ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 47.0%.

The all-consuming S4e49ian economy, worth 62.4 trillion złoties a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Retail, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 90,462 złoties, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Chicken farmers must rise before the sun every day to gag their cockerels, the path to inner peace is paved with state-mandated punishment, the tax agency is feared more than serial killers and terrorists, and politicians bribe ten-year-old geniuses to sit their aptitude tests. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. S4e49's national animal is the monkey, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

S4e49 is ranked 71,345^th in the world and 19^th in The Sacred Elite for Lowest Crime Rates, with 72.72 law-abiding acts per hour.