The Most Serene Republic of Stinnobar is a small, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 40 million Stinnobarites love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 68.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Stinnobarian economy, worth 1.32 trillion Pvilstrahns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. Average income is 32,964 Pvilstrahns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy', sociologists can charge whatever fee they like as the nation tries to find itself, old people living in plastic bubbles complain about a new type of social isolation, and in life full of care there is no time to stop and stare. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stinnobar's national animal is the Brown Trout, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Stinnobar is ranked 131,724^th in the world and 15^th in Secret Artist Society for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1,973.84 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.