The State of Strathpipe is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, smutty television, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 29.07 billion Strathpipeans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Public Transport. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.7%.

The strong Strathpipean economy, worth a remarkable 1,429 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 49,158 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 328,211 per year while the poor average 2,788, a ratio of 117 to 1.

It is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws, programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, Strathpipe has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Strathpipe in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Strathpipe's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Strathpipe is ranked 216,432^nd in the world and 1^st in Strathpipe for Least Corrupt Governments, with 92.31 percentage of bribes refused.