The United States of Stepharia is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.798 billion Stepharians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The tiny, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Welfare, although Education, Healthcare, and Defense are also considered important, while Spirituality and Environment aren't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 7.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Stepharian economy, worth 344 trillion florins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Automobile Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,122 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, explosive diarrhoea is not just a colorful phrase, and there's no cure or sympathy for the common cold. Crime is relatively low. Stepharia's national animal is the turtle, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

Stepharia is ranked 171,431^st in the world and 2^nd in Southern Socialist States for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.