The Pristine Protectorate of Seranis is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by a staunch environmentalist with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 35.32 billion Seranisians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Seranis Meadows. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Seranisian economy, worth an astonishing 12,972 trillion serans a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 367,272 serans, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Surveillance cameras are banned, hospitals are amongst the best-funded in the region, wilderness-dwelling hermits are surprised to find railway stations on their front doorsteps, and coffee cups have grown in size to accommodate the huge ingredients list. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Seranis's national animal is the elk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is the Fellowship of Leaves.

Seranis is ranked 951^st in the world and 16^th in 10000 Islands for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 1,077.41 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.