The Emirate of Steelcut Software is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, avant-garde cinema, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical, devout population of 1.906 billion Steelcut Softwareans 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 enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 76.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Steelcut Softwarean economy, worth 169 trillion ariaries a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 88,811 ariaries, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Landless farmers wander forlornly in the government's many national parks, belief that Leader is a lizard-person from outer space has reached an all-time high, children as young as eight can present logical proofs for the existence of the afterlife, and five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Steelcut Software's national animal is the elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Steelcut Software is ranked 50,662^nd in the world and 477^th in Herta Space Station for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 146.44 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.