The Incorporated States of Mexesta Strusland is a large, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, keen interest in outer space, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 79 million Struslandians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.7%.

The powerhouse Mexesta Struslandian economy, worth 6.94 trillion Struslandian Marks a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 87,840 Struslandian Marks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 251,134 per year while the poor average 24,473, a ratio of 10.3 to 1.

Newspapers are celebrating Leader saving over a million cats from trees, restaurants are required to specify whether their toilet paper was made in Mexesta Strusland, whales in captivity live in little more than glorified goldfish bowls, and cigarettes are dead-cheap. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Mexesta Strusland's national animal is the lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Mexesta Strusland is ranked 110,271^st in the world and 166^th in The Kodiak Republic for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,154.66 on the Gilded Widget Scale.