The Riparian Democracy of Saspian is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Xhãnchamãn Atìl Koïôt Ketzáltletlkákalôt with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, infamous sell-swords, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 23.875 billion Saspianese hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chuktoúre. The average income tax rate is 97.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Saspianese economy, worth a remarkable 4,007 trillion écus a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 167,840 écus, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Old fossils give the tours at the parliamentary museum, if there's something strange in your neighborhood you call Brancaland, breast milk is being redistributed from each according to their ability to each according to their need, and crossbow bolts fill the skies if so much as a sparrow flies overhead. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Saspian's national animal is the coyote, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Stoicism.

Saspian is ranked 18,912^th in the world and 5^th in Universal Dream Network for Highest Average Incomes, with 167,840.28 Standard Monetary Units.