The State of The Stille is a titanic, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 17.103 billion Stilleans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.0%.

The very strong Stillean economy, worth a remarkable 1,168 trillion betales a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 68,349 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 233,591 per year while the poor average 14,706, a ratio of 15.9 to 1.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, punitive tariffs protect local industry, The Stille's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, and The Stille has designated Westminster as its capital city. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Stille's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

The Stille is ranked 102,508^th in the world and 1^st in United States 0f America for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 94.87 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.