The Democratic Republic of Stratonesia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Voomy Ngiyes Kalamaroa with an iron fist, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, national health service, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.513 billion Stratonesians 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gudaville. The average income tax rate is 93.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Stratonesian economy, worth 484 trillion credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 192,664 credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Newspapers cannot report anything about politicians without their explicit consent, at least 1% of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs budget goes to Voomy Ngiyes Kalamaroa's wardrobe, rabbits are known to spontaneously explode without warning, and concerned environmentalists wipe away their tears with tissues sourced from Tasmanian old-growth redwoods. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stratonesia's national animal is the python, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Deunamism.

Stratonesia is ranked 137,683^rd in the world and 3,435^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 1,442.06 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.