The People's Republic of Stratham is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Leon Roy with an iron fist, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, rampant corporate plagiarism, and absence of drug laws. The cynical population of 2.245 billion Strathamians are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous, socially-minded government prioritizes Healthcare, with Law & Order, Administration, and Welfare also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arvandor. The average income tax rate is 69.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Strathamian economy, worth 67.4 trillion rels a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is 30,029 rels, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Leon Roy has incinerated the international climate treaty in a public coal-burning ceremony, they say that Strathamians made a dessert and called it peace, modelling agencies send their clients to work in nursing homes, and the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stratham's national animal is the dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Stratham is ranked 270,256^th in the world and 10,351^st in Osiris for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 9,279.21 Standard Monetary Units.