The Mad King of Hell of The Stalker is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by The Mad King of Hell with an iron fist, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, complete lack of prisons, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 15.066 billion Damned Souls 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 is primarily concerned with Defense, although Spirituality, Industry, and Environment are also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hell. The average income tax rate is 98.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Damned to Hell economy, worth an astonishing 11,049 trillion Souls a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, Retail, and Trout Farming. Average income is a breathtaking 733,416 Souls, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,596,062 per year while the poor average 149,602, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

People all over The Stalker are dying of 'Mad White Rabbit Disease', the well-to-do in Hell are never on time for important appointments, oil executives can be seen reluctantly cleaning oil-soaked birds, and college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys. Crime is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The Stalker's national animal is the White Rabbit, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Discordianism.

The Stalker is ranked 175,483^rd in the world and 57^th in Hell for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring -70.85 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.