The Divine Mandated Empire of Strechia is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 3.024 billion Strechians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rollivia. The average income tax rate is 64.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Strechian economy, worth 151 trillion Strechian Roses a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Woodchip Exports, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 50,040 Strechian Roses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All government facilities are built in the subterranean citadel of Rollivia, Leader has no checks and balances after the upper house was abolished, Leader has just been declared ruler of Strechia in an international press conference, and the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Strechia's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Strechia is ranked 88,918^th in the world and 166^th in Concord for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,815.59 on the Gilded Widget Scale.