The Imperial Federation of Steium is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Rhea Caedo with an even hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, rampant corporate plagiarism, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful, devout population of 14.108 billion Steians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of York. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 92.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Steian economy, worth a remarkable 3,453 trillion Pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 244,769 Pounds, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,283,314 per year while the poor average 25,004, a ratio of 51.3 to 1.

Medical staff can legally quiet people who ask for a second helping of Salisbury steak, the land is no place for fish, former public radio talk pundits are being deployed to front line war zones, and doctors tell patients to turn and cough up some change. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Steium's national animal is the Golden Dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Busthism.

Steium is ranked 300,855^th in the world and 4,115^th in the South Pacific for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring -320.99 on the Hayek Index.