The People's Republic of Stirnoave is a small, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, absence of drug laws, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, democratic population of 45 million Stirnoaveans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 71.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Stirnoavean economy, worth 1.82 trillion Independents a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 40,434 Independents, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Exceptionally talented workers are praised more than Revolutionary heroes, banning party poppers has been a real party pooper, protestors are soaking piles of Independents in blood to make a point about government incomes, and the typical murderer weighs 150kg and has hairy arms. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stirnoave's national animal is the Cat, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Stirnoave is ranked 51,250^th in the world and 426^th in The Leftist Assembly for Least Corrupt Governments, with 93.81 percentage of bribes refused.