The Empire of Steamstate is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Alexsteamer I with an iron fist, and renowned for its closed borders, public floggings, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 6.042 billion Steamstateans 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Law & Order, with Defense, Administration, and Industry also on the agenda, while International Aid isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of St SteamBurg. The average income tax rate is 69.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Steamstatean economy, worth a remarkable 1,431 trillion coals a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 236,925 coals, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.

Thieves claim they're simply working for the tax agency, much of Steamstate's computer network is controlled by a rampant artificial intelligence, the jackhammer is considered a tool of artistic criticism, and the "government funding" steroid is all the rage. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Steamstate's national animal is the Pigeon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Steam.

Steamstate is ranked 59,438^th in the world and 35^th in United Kingdom for Most Extreme, scoring 28.79 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.