The Community of St Stephen n Critters is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The Head with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, keen interest in outer space, and lack of airports. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 36.227 billion St Stephen n Crittersians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint Circumstance. The income tax rate is 100%.

The enormous but inefficient St Stephen n Crittersian economy, worth a remarkable 8,847 trillion Jerry Berries a year, is extremely specialized and solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. Average income is an amazing 244,212 Jerry Berries, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Party members are derided as class traitors, the government puts forth the claim that harming young girls is wrong, turnstile jumpers grow up to be tax cheats, and increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times. Crime is totally unknown. St Stephen n Critters's national animal is the Dancing Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Secular humanism.

St Stephen n Critters is ranked 45^th in the world and 1^st in Hippy Haven for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 46,490.03 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.