The Sawtooth Badlands of The Black Cathedral is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Warchieftain Carolus Ironhorse with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, ritual sacrifices, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.026 billion Sawteeth are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order, Spirituality, and Industry also on the agenda, while International Aid and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ephyra. The average income tax rate is 95.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Sawtooth economy, worth a remarkable 4,078 trillion Gallons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 406,806 Gallons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

The government puts forth the claim that harming young girls is wrong, ritual mummification is making a comeback, pareidolic SETI scientists swear there's a message from aliens hidden within pi, and you can tell when Sawteeth are being snarky by the fact their lips are moving. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Black Cathedral's national animal is the Gormling, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Blackened Orthodoxy.

The Black Cathedral is ranked 3,893^rd in the world and 193^rd in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 122.88 law-abiding acts per hour.