The Stratocratic Republic of Porotia is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Nenad Stosic with an iron fist, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 4.423 billion Porotians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Telograv. The average income tax rate is 82.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Porotian economy, worth 543 trillion Poroes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 122,979 Poroes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again, kindergartners love the free balloons that their schools give them, nobody ever questions the unquestioned rule that questions must always be asked, and invasive species are hunted by the gendarmerie. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Porotia's national animal is the Porotian Spikeball, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Porotia is ranked 2,481^st in the world and 248^th in The North Pacific for Most Valuable International Artwork, with 314 Bank.