The Duchy of Styria is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Duke Karl IX Siegfried with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, zero percent divorce rate, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 28.973 billion Styrians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The medium-sized, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Graz. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 25.7%.

The thriving Styrian economy, worth a remarkable 1,726 trillion schillings a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Gambling, and Trout Farming. Average income is 59,590 schillings, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 191,664 per year while the poor average 14,032, a ratio of 13.7 to 1.

Styria successfully hosted the Grant Olympics, Duke Karl IX Siegfried has just been declared ruler of Styria in an international press conference, Roman Catholicism has been named as Styria's national religion, and cowboys often wear wolfskin jackets to the saloon. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Styria's national animal is the eagle and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Styria is ranked 107,602^nd in the world and 3^rd in Grant for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 91.6 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.