The Working and Mercantile Sneks of Strala is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Ya Yangtan with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, pith helmet sales, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 6.793 billion Stralans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education, Law & Order, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Somewhere. The average income tax rate is 97.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Stralan economy, worth a remarkable 1,804 trillion Denarii a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 265,713 Denarii, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Police spend their Saturday nights breaking up illegal street races, asking a cutie their star sign is always met with withering scorn, most ambassadors from Strala retire only a few years after being appointed, and going on a diet invalidates your passport. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Strala's national animal is the Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is God Snek.

Strala is ranked 216,467^th in the world and 5,337^th in the Pacific for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides, with 1.37 Rich To Poor Income Ratio.