The United States of Erwo Stal is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Perseus with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, ubiquitous missile silos, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 19.125 billion Erwo Stalians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atlanta. The average income tax rate is 99.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Erwo Stalian economy, worth a remarkable 4,259 trillion Dollars a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 222,740 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

It is said that the captain goes down with the ship but ecological protection goes up, foreign leaders with unpaid parking tickets are often refused entry, the national economy makes a whole lot of nothing, and starving citizens are offered nuclear pasta. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Erwo Stal's national animal is the Bald Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Eagleism.

Erwo Stal is ranked 30,121^st in the world and 310^th in The North Pacific for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 27,588.25 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.