The Empire and Commonwealth of Straall is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Saga Bismarck II with an iron fist, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The cynical, humorless population of 14.173 billion Straallians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Caapricca. The average income tax rate is 88.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Straallian economy, worth a remarkable 1,878 trillion Imperial Crowns a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 132,548 Imperial Crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Truck drivers turn their engines off and coast whenever they're going downhill, a popular Straallian saying is 'wishing upon a fallen jet engine', oddly patriotic flash mobs spontaneously sing the national anthem, and citizens cannot change their light bulbs without approval from an international committee. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Straall's national animal is the White-tailed Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Church of Straall.

Straall is ranked 35,368^th in the world and 1,807^th in Balder for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 6,427.84 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.