The Grand Dominion of Sortv is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Archon Valorum Arcton 👑 with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, avant-garde cinema, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 2.279 billion Sortvians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and look forward to their next free and open election, to be held on an as-yet unannounced date.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Drakenburg 🌃. The average income tax rate is 76.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sortvian economy, worth 246 trillion Crownstone 🪙s a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 108,263 Crownstone 🪙s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Every day has been a surprise since weather reporters turned to consulting ancient totems for their seven-day forecasts, autopsies often involve only cursory examination, a well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate, and there have been sightings of people walking around dressed in nothing but leopard-skin g-strings for 'religious reasons'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sortv's national animal is the Eagle 🦅, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity ✝️.

Sortv is ranked 283,314^th in the world and 13^th in Brasil1 for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -6.26 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.