The Chromodynamic Flavour of Stones is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Mafia with an iron fist, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, compulsory gun ownership, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.21 billion Stons'rs 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Administration, Education, and Law & Order are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Flinton. The average income tax rate is 68.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Stonsian economy, worth 173 trillion A-dull rocks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 143,506 A-dull rocks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Political shows are fit for purpose, awkward tourists are offered the 'unique experience' of rodeo clown, engaged partners detail their fiancés' private lives in detail to prurient bureaucrats, and the nation's new Mylab space station is notorious for being the loneliest place above the planet. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stones's national animal is the short guys and gals, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Guns.

Stones is ranked 30,447^th in the world and 55^th in Concord for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 217.68 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.