The Federal Republic of StickofArk is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Stix with a fair hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and lack of airports. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.769 billion Arkians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arc. The average income tax rate is 92.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient StickofArkian economy, worth 247 trillion Sticks a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 139,818 Sticks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hospitals in StickofArk are too busy serving the needs of the West Pacific to see Arkians, politicians are forced to wear portable lie detectors at all times, old folks reminisce about the last time someone was acquitted of a crime, and the government funds large training centres to turn Stickbugs into functioning members of society. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. StickofArk's national animal is the Stickbug, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Stickianity.

StickofArk is ranked 19,467^th in the world and 284^th in the West Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 313.61 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.