The Mighty Building Material of Concrete Slab is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Alistair Stonesworth with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 5.259 billion Concrte Slabians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stone City. The average income tax rate is 91.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Concrete Slabian economy, worth a remarkable 1,205 trillion Stones a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 229,206 Stones, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Pallbearers at military funerals dive for cover when they hear the three-volley salute, the explosive fireball of the disintegrating space shuttle has devastated Cape Concrete Slab, economists claim no news is good news, and shops were recently ransacked as cigarettes returned to the shelves. Crime is totally unknown. Concrete Slab's national animal is the Red Panda, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Concrete Slab is ranked 4,333^rd in the world and 117^th in the South Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 229,206.3 Standard Monetary Units.