The Most Serene Republic of The Circus of The Stranger is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-working population of 4.199 billion Circus of The Strangerians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 32.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Circus of The Strangerian economy, worth 170 trillion Delta Eagles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 40,550 Delta Eagles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

The media have begun calling the government treasury "Leader's stash", more than one company makes the board game Monopoly, frightened witnesses and seriously ill jurors wear the same handcuffs as the defendant, and foreign governments are threatened if they so much as mention the word "election". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Circus of The Stranger's national animal is the Kitsune, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Circus of The Stranger is ranked 313,033^rd in the world and 9^th in Aichi for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 359.25 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.