The Queen's State of Stormley is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its complete lack of public education and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 36.991 billion Stormleyians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Law & Order, with Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Welfare receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.4%.

The thriving Stormleyian economy, worth a remarkable 2,012 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Information Technology. Average income is 54,411 betales, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.

Voting is voluntary, surveillance cameras are banned, and all tariffs have been abolished. Crime is a problem. Stormley's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Stormley is ranked 8,465^th in the world and 1^st in West Atlantic for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 5,980.39 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.