The Republic of Straiton is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The quiet, industrious population of 458 million Straitians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government prioritizes Education, with Welfare, Defense, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Straiton. The average income tax rate is 14.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Straitian economy, worth 22.4 trillion Straiton Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Cheese Exports, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 48,926 Straiton Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The government tries not to listen to the people unless it absolutely has to, behind every great person are three dozen other people passing great memos, windows in Straiton don't have much of a view, and Straiton has designated Straiton as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Straiton's national animal is the Merlion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Straiton is ranked 254,280^th in the world and 19^th in Singapore for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 26 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.