The Free and Independent State of Sankh-Lanport is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Jacqueline LaShanta Lewis with an even hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful population of 22.709 billion Sankh-Lanportians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ambras County Glen. The average income tax rate is 98.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Sankh-Lanportian economy, worth a remarkable 5,512 trillion Dollars a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 242,732 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

War vets look after war animals, it's often raining men (hallelujah) in Ambras County Glen, the national anthem is a rather effective sleeping aid, and anti-riot police are dispatched whenever two elderly ladies gather to complain that prices have increased. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sankh-Lanport's national animal is the Grey Whale, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is a major religion.

Sankh-Lanport is ranked 264,370^th in the world and 229^th in Karma for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -23.96 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.