The Republic of Schultistein is a massive, genial nation, ruled by President Scharny with a fair hand, and remarkable for its national health service, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.503 billion Schultisteinians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jorontz. The average income tax rate is 84.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Schultisteinian economy, worth 258 trillion Schuls a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 103,391 Schuls, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Stranded mountaineers can watch livestreamed footage of their rescues, radio stations offer prizes to callers who can guess this month's most endangered species, government negotiators never forget to say "pretty please" when begging for custody of its criminals, and increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Schultistein's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Schultistein is ranked 23,820^th in the world and 860^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 86.94 law-abiding acts per hour.