The Federal Republic of Staandelf is a titanic, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed population of 12.815 billion Standelfians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 58.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Staandelfian economy, worth 422 trillion dirty socks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 32,939 dirty socks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is mandatory to learn evolution in schools and the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Staandelf's national animal is the Boka, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Staandelf is ranked 244,053^rd in the world and 166^th in ainulindale for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -6.03 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.