The Confederacy of Saorysa is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its public floggings, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 562 million Saorysians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Evekan. The average income tax rate is 73.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Saorysian economy, worth 47.3 trillion khanos a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 84,182 khanos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sex offenders find themselves cut off from the ability to repeat their crimes, Max Barry is this year's Miss Saorysa, the poor are forced into bankruptcy by their energy bills, and schoolboys who turn to watch pretty girls go by are given detention. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Saorysa's national animal is the wild horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Saorysa is ranked 29,939^th in the world and 90^th in Starlight for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 73.3 Effective Tax Rate.