The People's Republic of Statem is a large, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The cynical population of 141 million Statemians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 33.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Statemian economy, worth 5.74 trillion SECS a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Information Technology, and Gambling. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 40,709 SECS, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, airplane passengers who purchase "basic economy" tickets are often assigned seats in the lavatory, being sent to collections is more dangerous than ever, and Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to Statem City to enjoy their national art. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Statem's national animal is the Fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Statem is ranked 263,766^th in the world and 22^nd in The Dragonian Cascanians for Rudest Citizens, with 22.91 insults per minute.