The Empire of Storkenheim is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 173 million Storkians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 46.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Storkenheimian economy, worth 8.41 trillion marks a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Basket Weaving, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 48,607 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

A decrease in wailing and gnashing of teeth at astronomical events is reducing demand for dentistry, the nation's poor can be seen scavenging trash bins for used coffee grounds, foreign envoys that want to visit Storkenheim now have to navigate real minefields in addition to the political ones, and elderly prisoners with severe dementia are reminded hourly that they are evil people by helpful nurse-wardens. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Storkenheim's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Storkenheim is ranked 51,794^th in the world and 791^st in The East Pacific for Most Corrupt Governments, with 37.49 kickbacks per hour.