The Oppressed Peoples of Sturmtrooper49 is a huge, genial nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, compulsory gun ownership, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 854 million Sturmtrooper49ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 35.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Sturmtrooper49ian economy, worth 33.7 trillion rubles a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 39,518 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pulling weeds is seen as a threat to national security, it's rare to find an unchewed pencil, government spending has hit an all-time low, and financial investors are noting a boom in artillery. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sturmtrooper49's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sturmtrooper49 is ranked 148,550^th in the world and 191^st in Warzone Galactica for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 1,526.86 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.