The Working Sneks of Strala is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Ya Yingtan with an iron fist, and renowned for its soft-spoken computers, zero percent divorce rate, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 3.436 billion Stralians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Mandate's manifestation. The average income tax rate is 81.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Stralan economy, worth 596 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 slick, highly efficient, 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 impressive 173,467 Denarii, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is purchasing vast amounts of palm oil for plastics production, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, and airplanes have giant grilles on their noses to knock drones out of their path. 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.

Strala is ranked 86,842^nd in the world and 2,093^rd in the Pacific for Most Influential, scoring 78 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.