The Kingdom of Stalmarc is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by King Kyrios Rindholm Stal II with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 2.583 billion Stalmarcians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Education and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pantheon. The average income tax rate is 74.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Stalmarcian economy, worth 413 trillion Imperial Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 159,930 Imperial Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

School kids who pretend to drive imaginary cars get a social worker and a police observer assigned to them, film studios own the rights to actors' likenesses until the next millennium, the nation is committed to nuclear rearmament, and the military refers to helpless combatants offering surrender as "sitting ducks". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stalmarc's national animal is the Lion Goat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Stalmarc is ranked 8,931^st in the world and 40^th in the Plains of Perdition for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 445.13 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.