The Community of St Stephen n Critters is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The Head with a fair hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 37.68 billion St Stephen n Crittersians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint Circumstance. The income tax rate is 100%.

The enormous but inefficient St Stephen n Crittersian economy, worth a remarkable 8,973 trillion Jerry Berries a year, is extremely specialized and solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. Average income is an amazing 238,153 Jerry Berries, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is against the rules of boxing to hit above or below the belt, contrails and thunderous rumbles have returned to the skies above, excessive wheelchair ramps on government buildings have been compared to theme park attractions, and foreign leaders are advising that The Head's letters must have gotten lost in the mail. Crime is totally unknown. St Stephen n Critters's national animal is the Dancing Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Secular humanism.

St Stephen n Critters is ranked 13,783^rd in the world and 2^nd in Hippy Haven for Most World Assembly Endorsements, with 2 valid endorsements.