The County of Santa Clara is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by The Board Of Supervisors with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, keen interest in outer space, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 15.829 billion Santa Clarans 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, corrupt government prioritizes Education, although Environment, Industry, and Defense are also considered important, while Spirituality and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Santa Clara County Courthouse. The average income tax rate is 94.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Santa Claran economy, worth a remarkable 4,928 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 311,355 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Only a minority of the population can actually vote at elections, explicit slash fiction is repackaged for kindergarten kids as stories about friends cuddling friends, scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway, and torture is commonly used to extract information from suspected criminals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Santa Clara's national animal is the mule deer, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Paganism.

Santa Clara is ranked 3,608^th in the world and 3^rd in The State Of California for Most Beautiful Environments, with 2,782.41 pounds of wildlife per square mile.