The United Socialist States of Stormst is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.473 billion Stormstians 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 enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 81.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Stormstian economy, worth 140 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Retail. Average income is 95,079 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Museum of Blackacrean War Crimes is located on "Blackacre Did Nothing Wrong Avenue", same-sex marriages are increasingly common, t-shirts displaying a photo of Leader performing the Full-Monty are selling out, and noises louder than a whisper have been prohibited by law. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stormst's national animal is the alpaca, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Stormst is ranked 123,613^th in the world and 113^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 9,804.18 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.