The Christmas Star of Staneburg is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and infamous sell-swords. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 673 million Staneburgians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cauloria. The average income tax rate is 40.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Staneburgian economy, worth 77.9 trillion Stences a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 115,714 Stences, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Judicial robes are the country's hottest fashion trend, flash floods that dams could have controlled regularly ravage small towns in mountain valleys, people who tease dwarfs are being cut down to size, and government agents stalk the aisles of grocery stores for out-of-stock medications. Crime is totally unknown. Staneburg's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Staneburg is ranked 30,801^st in the world and 305^th in the West Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 5,427.94 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.