The SSR of The Steephills is a massive, safe nation, ruled by the Steephillsian People's Party with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and smutty television. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 4.736 billion Steephillsians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Asgard. The average income tax rate is 67.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Steephillsian economy, worth 621 trillion euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 131,205 euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign nations often blame poverty and terrorism on Steephillsian selfishness, Brancalandian Brie isn't available anywhere in The Steephills, no one tells their son "you're the man of the house" any more, and foreign leaders with unpaid parking tickets are often refused entry. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Steephills's national animal is the Rooster, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Steephills is ranked 8,256^th in the world and 176^th in The Communist Bloc for Highest Poor Incomes, with 120,761 Standard Monetary Units.