The Emirate of Sarbernum is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ritual sacrifices, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 6.767 billion Sarbernumians 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, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 18.2%.

The powerhouse Sarbernumian economy, worth 336 trillion yen a year, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 49,669 yen, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 198,976 per year while the poor average 8,319, a ratio of 23.9 to 1.

The government has been criticized for giving away Sarbernum's territory to anyone who claims it, Amnesty Interregional has condemned Sarbernum for ignoring crimes against humanity, burglary is widely regarded as the national sport, and police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds. Crime is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Sarbernum's national animal is the horse, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Sarbernum is ranked 21,079^th in the world and 277^th in Jihad Army of the Emperor for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 5,690.93 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.