The Ultranationalist Meritocracy of Stiklarstad is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Kanslari Thórir Sönnungr with an iron fist, and notable for its enslaved workforce, sprawling nuclear power plants, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 20.568 billion Stiklarstadians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sigurstað. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Stiklarstadian economy, worth a remarkable 2,746 trillion Gelds a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is an impressive 133,543 Gelds, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 960,651 per year while the poor average 5,979, a ratio of 160 to 1.

Tax evaders are regularly visited by agents of the Stiklarstad Blood Tithe, politicians are often seen with soldiers pointing guns at their heads, psychological disorders are a taboo subject, and military spending is on the increase. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Stiklarstad's national animal is the Orin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Stiklarstad is ranked 142,589^th in the world and 6,065^th in Lazarus for Safest, scoring 64.07 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.