The United States of Sevani is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Mr Dumont with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 6.369 billion Sevanians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 68.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Sevanian economy, worth 428 trillion guilders a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 67,315 guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Elderly citizens regularly buy posh multimillion-guilder mansions, anniversaries of major historical events pass unnoticed, citizens are told that foreigners are hungry ghosts who eat the flesh of the overly curious, and Mr Dumont's opponents have adopted dogs to chase away the mailman. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sevani's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Christianity.

Sevani is ranked 285,967^th in the world and 5^th in UEPU for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -9.04 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.