The Financial Mistake of Sierra Andreas is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 899 million Andreasians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government prioritizes Industry, although Healthcare, Education, and Welfare are also considered important, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 48.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Andreasian economy, worth 91.7 trillion Santoes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 101,964 Santoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Social networking sites have discussion groups devoted to planning terrorist attacks, the government recently relinquished its monopoly on the mail service, edutainment video games are taking Sierra Andreas's students to the next level, and fixing attendance at women's matches is a matter of "when they go low, we go high... funding". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sierra Andreas's national animal is the Tomcat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Sierra Andreas is ranked 179,894^th in the world and 3,375^th in The North Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 986.56 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.