The Stavka of Drinnon is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Marshal Markus Briand with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, national health service, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 24.967 billion Drinnoni 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint Andreisburg. The average income tax rate is 88.4%.

The powerhouse Drinnoni economy, worth a remarkable 2,125 trillion Credits a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 85,125 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Small shoes often wash up on the beach, many parents are becoming frustrated with their children's choices in spouses, Drinnoni must literally pay their respects to hear from their political representatives, and soldiers are now trained how to make sandwiches properly. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Drinnon's national animal is the Libreagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Dalism.

Drinnon is ranked 240,805^th in the world and 2,032^nd in the West Pacific for Nudest, with 79 cheeks per square mile.