The United Socialist States of Stormst is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, compulsory vegetarianism, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.609 billion Stormstians 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 enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 86.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Stormstian economy, worth 152 trillion dollars 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Retail. Average income is 94,176 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

3D printed organs are a breath of new life for the sick and elderly, counselors have to sign pledges supporting gay rights before they can speak to any patients, the Finance Ministry posts hourly updates on where taxpayer money is spent, and government officials who do an offal job get smoked. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stormst's national animal is the alpaca, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Stormst is ranked 250,135^th in the world and 481^st in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -2.83 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.