The Constitutional Monarchy of Smallstan is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Carter Smalls with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 5.283 billion Smallstanis enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Smallsopolis. The average income tax rate is 79.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Smallstanian economy, worth 472 trillion Gold Standard Ducats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. Average income is 89,283 Gold Standard Ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has begun selling heroin and ecstasy to help fund its projects, convicts released after being found "wrongfully imprisoned" are surprisingly chill about the whole thing, local government operates tolls on every village road, and hardline members of the Red Bloc consider Carter Smalls a filthy revisionist traitor. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Smallstan's national animal is the Cheetah, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Smallstan is ranked 18,394^th in the world and 1^st in Carternia for Most Developed, scoring 87.51 on the Human Development Index.