The Cold Empire of Student is a titanic, efficient nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion and enforced nudity. The hard-working, democratic population of 24.398 billion Studentians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Public Transport. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.6%.

The thriving Studentian economy, worth a remarkable 1,372 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 56,241 Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 199,077 per year while the poor average 11,472, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Voting is compulsory, public nudity is compulsory, euthanasia is legal, and the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Student's national animal is the raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Student is ranked 136,051^st in the world and 1^st in Moonlighters for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 42 on the Kitten Softness Rating.