The People's Republic of Stithenaece is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic population of 27.856 billion Stithenaeceans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stithenaece City. The average income tax rate is 96.0%.

The strong Stithenaecean economy, worth a remarkable 2,579 trillion Divisions a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is 92,616 Divisions, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ice-filled coffins are ominously positioned in the corner of every hospital ward, the nation's diplomats shake hands with those whose hands are drenched in the blood of innocents, counselors have to sign pledges supporting gay rights before they can speak to any patients, and old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stithenaece's national animal is the Squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Stithenaece is ranked 5,765^th in the world and 40^th in the West Pacific for Largest Populations, with 27.9 billion capita.