The People's Republic of Stockhost is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Secrétaire général Volianof with an iron fist, and remarkable for its closed borders, public floggings, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.16 billion Stockians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tiblich. The average income tax rate is 87.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse STOCKHOSTIAN economy, worth 381 trillion Rouble Stockhostiens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 120,819 Rouble Stockhostiens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children are brutally beaten for saying gyatt and skibidi, the nation threatens sanctions on islands only visible at low tide, the most notorious criminals are given the Consequences of Your Actions Award, and self-sufficiency is built on seizing foreign assets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stockhost's national animal is the Grand Faucon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheist State.

Stockhost is ranked 74,503^rd in the world and 56^th in The Union of Democratic States for Most Cultured, scoring 68 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.