The Mad King of Hell of The Stalker is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by The Mad King of Hell with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 15.071 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 receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hell. The average income tax rate is 99.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Damned to Hell economy, worth an astonishing 11,044 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 732,811 Souls, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,616,997 per year while the poor average 147,453, a ratio of 17.7 to 1.

College students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators, wildlife near farms is slowly becoming extinct, and bungee jumpers frequently go splat. 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 175,411^th in the world and 59^th in Hell for Smartest Citizens, with 0.1 Quips Per Hour.