The Imperial Federation of Sanar is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Fredrick with an iron fist, and remarkable for its digital currency, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 6.304 billion Sanarians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Education, Environment, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Castle Sanar. The average income tax rate is 82.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Sanarian economy, worth 547 trillion Sanars 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 large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. 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 86,884 Sanars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Most of the population has had bad experiences with hoes, the experimental sculpture "Overtures In Dried Bat Dung" has been declared a national treasure, EULAs remind customers that "Private Mode" is a browser setting rather than a promise, and restaurant owners fear visits from government officials more than the actual food critics. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Sanar's national animal is the Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is The Darkness.

Sanar is ranked 223,255^th in the world and 28^th in The Galactic Union for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -0.99 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.