The Matriarchy of Strina is a gargantuan, genial nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 24.374 billion Strinans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 65.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Strinan economy, worth 74.0 trillion Stars a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 3,037 Stars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens can be frequently spotted going about their business stark naked, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, the government is seen to favor Catholics, and extreme political groups are outlawed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Strina's national animal is the snake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Strina is ranked 112,390^th in the world and 12^th in A Liberal Haven for Lowest Crime Rates, with 64.42 law-abiding acts per hour.