The Social Democratic Monarchy of StellTropolis is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Royal Family with an even hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, sprawling nuclear power plants, and zero percent divorce rate. The compassionate population of 6.173 billion StellTropolisans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stellity. The average income tax rate is 95.2%.

The frighteningly efficient StellTropolisian economy, worth a remarkable 1,062 trillion Źéras a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 172,186 Źéras, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Public buses smell like litter boxes, newspaper stories fill several pages with colorful adjectives, kids are arrested at gunpoint for playing with toy rifles, and older ladies are inundated with offers to help them cross the road. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. StellTropolis's national animal is the Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Secularism.

StellTropolis is ranked 52,905^th in the world and 304^th in Europe for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 19,472.41 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.