The Ingsoc of Steelsmere is a massive, genial nation, ruled by big brother with a fair hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of public education, restrictive gun laws, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.553 billion Steelsmereans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Public Transport, Healthcare, and Welfare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of london. The average income tax rate is 6.5%.

The strong Steelsmerean economy, worth 59.2 trillion truthcoins a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 38,090 truthcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

Things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication, Steelsmere has designated london as its capital city, Big brother has just been declared ruler of Steelsmere in an international press conference, and the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one. Crime is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Steelsmere's national animal is the monkeh, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is there is no religion.

Steelsmere is ranked 169,204^th in the world and 7^th in Corvinia for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -1 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.