The Borough of Staten Island is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its absence of drug laws and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, democratic population of 24.113 billion Staten Islandians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The medium-sized, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Social Policy. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 27.9%.

The strong Staten Islandian economy, worth 960 trillion subway tokens a year, is quite specialized and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Pizza Delivery, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 39,831 subway tokens, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 270,802 per year while the poor average 2,140, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Crime is a serious problem. Staten Island's national animal is the ferry.

Staten Island is ranked 257,387^th in the world and 47^th in New York for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.73 kickbacks per hour.