The Holy Empire of Stankon is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Ca᷇ Ni᷄k̶t with an even hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, keen interest in outer space, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 1.809 billion Stankonians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Po᷇k̶o᷄. The average income tax rate is 81.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Stankonian economy, worth 278 trillion Stanmons a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Retail, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 154,151 Stanmons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Ruff times are ahead for those who aren't keen on party costumes, farting etiquette is taught in schools, a plague of zealots has been unleashed on the streets of Po᷇k̶o᷄, and it is well recognised that you can't sustain communism without a bit of spirit. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stankon's national animal is the Salmon, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Islam.

Stankon is ranked 39,464^th in the world and 18^th in Der Leibwache for Most Cultured, scoring 75 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.