The Empire of Stavaghbow is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 217 million Stavaghbowians 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 enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 73.0%.

The Stavaghbowian economy, worth 10.2 trillion Stavs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 47,070 Stavs, with the richest citizens earning 8.1 times as much as the poorest.

Stavaghbow has one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world, many of the unemployed have had the fight taken out of them, truncheon-mounted cameras record the beating of criminals in dynamic HD detail, and citizens are permitted to carry concealed handguns. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stavaghbow's national animal is the Monkey, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Stavaghbow is ranked 246,151^st in the world and 41^st in Belesamic states for Nicest Citizens, with 1.39 average smiles per day.