The Constitutional Monarchy of Stantheman is a very large, orderly nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, complete lack of prisons, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 223 million Stanthemanians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 32.1%.

The all-consuming Stanthemanian economy, worth 23.8 trillion S-bills a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 106,510 S-bills, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 579,312 per year while the poor average 10,068, a ratio of 57.5 to 1.

Jabbing a baby's bottle at officials gets parents waved straight through immigration, city budgets are spent entirely on supporting the town royalty, takeaway food bought on the weekend now comes with fifty percent more sweat and tears, and squeaky high prepubescent voices recite the patriotic poem "Hail to The Leader!" before each meal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stantheman's national animal is the Short-eared Owl, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Stantheman is ranked 238,782^nd in the world and 15^th in The Grand Council of the Beard for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 144.51 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.