The Midocracy of Stralfcyde is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Laura Sky with an even hand, and notable for its infamous sell-swords, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 3.023 billion Stralfcydians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capa City. The average income tax rate is 74.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Stralfcydian economy, worth 365 trillion Stralf Pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an impressive 120,812 Stralf Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is a crime to offend someone's religious beliefs, students memorise knock-knock jokes for their mandatory twice-a-term Comedy Examinations, Laura Sky is considering changing the Stralfcydian flag to one with more glitter, and busy commuters no longer hear the cries of "I want some more!" on the nation's streets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stralfcyde's national animal is the Stralf Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Jacouba.

Stralfcyde is ranked 14,268^th in the world and 354^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,274.65 pounds of wildlife per square mile.