The Grand Duchy of St Serena is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Grand Duke Serenus VII with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, zero percent divorce rate, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 13.292 billion Serenans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gothenburg-on-Serena. The average income tax rate is 76.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong St Serenan economy, worth a remarkable 1,503 trillion Marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 113,110 Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Internet sites are legally unable to stop their users from posting pornography, 4-year-olds are often found reminiscing about the 'good old days', there have been sightings of people walking around dressed in nothing but leopard-skin g-strings for 'religious reasons', and starving citizens are offered nuclear pasta. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. St Serena's national animal is the Vandalian lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Gothic Orthodox Christianity.

St Serena is ranked 21,495^th in the world and 9^th in Heiliger Bund for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 76.88 Effective Tax Rate.