The Republic of Stota is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 259 million Stotans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 46.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Stotan economy, worth 10.3 trillion bools a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 39,664 bools, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Blackacrean security services are wondering why Leader is so fond of the numbers 6, 7 and 9, people who get diabetes can sue donut manufacturers, structures are raised on promises, and plain-clothes police officers follow Dàguó tourists everywhere they go. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stota's national animal is the finickfox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Stota is ranked 81,743^rd in the world and 32^nd in The Pacifica for Smartest Citizens, with 38.6 quips per hour.