The Federal Republic of StickofArk is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Stix with a fair hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles, free-roaming dinosaurs, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.817 billion Arkians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arc. The average income tax rate is 92.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient StickofArkian economy, worth 255 trillion Sticks a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 140,755 Sticks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Neighbourhood gossips whip up controversy about those receiving adult merchandise, Stix's iHouse is so intelligent that it manages its own social media accounts, Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume, and grumpy old house owners demand that pedestrians get off their footpaths. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. StickofArk's national animal is the Stickbug, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Stickianity.

StickofArk is ranked 289,677^th in the world and 1,156^th in the West Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 41.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.