The Empire of Stotfelt is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working population of 413 million Stotfeltians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Baróvia. The average income tax rate is 29.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Stotfeltian economy, worth 43.9 trillion Stots a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 106,251 Stots, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Immigration test hopefuls are taught immigrant blood is purple, citizens are less concerned with policy and more concerned with whether politicians "call 'em like they see 'em", the nation's orphanages and maternity wards have been nicknamed 'the Killbot Factories', and the well-to-do in Europeia are never on time for important appointments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Stotfelt's national animal is the Crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Stotfelt is ranked 187,087^th in the world and 840^th in Europeia for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.