The Federal Republic of Hom Stannes is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Valdris Kaine with a fair hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.328 billion Hom Stannesians 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 Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Valdenmere. The average income tax rate is 38.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Hom Stannesian economy, worth 187 trillion Stanners a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 141,021 Stanners, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Grocery stores can be audibly identified by the giggling emerging from them, the study of medicine is popular throughout Hom Stannes, monocled merchants with funny accents are applying for Hom Stannesian citizenship in droves, and the endangered saltwater humpback Snow Leopard is only seen in captivity programs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hom Stannes's national animal is the Snow Leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Humanity.

Hom Stannes is ranked 22,992^nd in the world and 146^th in the West Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 5,649.85 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.