The Oppressed Peoples of Strain is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion and suspicion of poets. The hard-working population of 4.678 billion Strainians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 27.7%.

The Strainian economy, worth 204 trillion Delta Eagles a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Soda Sales, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 43,691 Delta Eagles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Every week is blindness awareness week, tax assessment offices double as polling stations, six-year-old children playing dress-up are viewed with suspicion, and thousands of children die every day from easily curable illnesses. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Strain's national animal is the Kitsune.

Strain is ranked 100,137^th in the world and 4^th in Chemos for Largest Black Market, with 2.47 trillion Standard Monetary Units.