The Republic of Stesley is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory vegetarianism, free-roaming dinosaurs, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed population of 1.464 billion Stesleyians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 74.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Stesleyian economy, worth 169 trillion winding keys a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 115,554 winding keys, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Fifteen-year-olds cannot walk younger siblings to school without a professional Childcare and Education Certificate, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, parents live in fear of governmental 'child protection' squads, and digital novelty coins make for surprising vanguards of the revolution. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stesley's national animal is the automaton owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Stesley is ranked 63,363^rd in the world and 2^nd in CARON for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,612.52 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.