The Infinite Expanse of Staneburg is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Colby Daneson with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, infamous sell-swords, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 4.518 billion Staneburgians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cauloria. The average income tax rate is 85.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Staneburgian economy, worth 938 trillion stences a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 207,756 stences, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Distrust of taps has many people bathing only with bottled mineral water, interest in globalism never flags, the right school tie opens more doors than the right qualification, and hedge fund managers are diversifying into herbaceous borders. Crime is totally unknown. Staneburg's national animal is the lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Acrophobia.

Staneburg is ranked 6,125^th in the world and 95^th in the West Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 513.92 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.