The Bannorn of Stygia is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Bann Lucco vos Essel with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 4.589 billion Stygians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Allat. The average income tax rate is 21.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Stygian economy, worth 239 trillion kamas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Retail, and Trout Farming. Average income is 52,223 kamas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Bann Lucco vos Essel has just been declared ruler of Stygia in an international press conference, Vezkelios has been named as Stygia's national religion, Stygian companies generally just fire employees in lieu of giving them vacation, and the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Stygia's national animal is the ram, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Vezkelios.

Stygia is ranked 141,847^th in the world and 12^th in United Alliance for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 995.2 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.