The HAUNTOBER of Stralfcyde is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Laura Sky with an even hand, and renowned for its infamous sell-swords, national health service, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 3.939 billion Stralfcydians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capa City. The average income tax rate is 78.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Stralfcydian economy, worth 477 trillion Stralf Pounds a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 121,160 Stralf Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Trust-fund babies line up for places in community college, history textbook pages are used as impromptu tissues by distraught students, graffiti graces every city's streets, and the new classical revitalization of Capa City is expected to be completed sometime in the next century. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stralfcyde's national animal is the Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Jacouba.

Stralfcyde is ranked 34,721^st in the world and 805^th in the Rejected Realms for Highest Poor Incomes, with 69,521.59 Standard Monetary Units.