The Confederacy of Saundie is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Dr Cakeston with an even hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, compulsory military service, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 32.833 billion Saundieans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cakeston. The average income tax rate is 25.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Saundiean economy, worth a remarkable 5,137 trillion cheesecakes a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 156,472 cheesecakes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Journalists often nap through tedious police press briefings, children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again, grinding bureaucracy has the international wheels of justice turning slowly, and the only issue that Dr Cakeston has is that there aren't enough issues (Saundie has found 1 easter egg). Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Saundie's national animal is the cheesecake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Saundie is ranked 281,491^st in the world and 10,569^th in Lazarus for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 26.9 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.