The Federation of Stanou is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 159 million Stanouan or Stannishes are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 24.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Stanouan economy, worth 6.31 trillion Stannis a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 39,685 Stannis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Genetic researchers have been expelled, anti-vaxxers claim that injected children are prone to psychotic breaks when they see the 'Queen of Diamonds' playing card, the government runs a surplus by selling its citizens, and adults pretending to be teenage girls claim to have wholesome motives. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stanou's national animal is the Stanouan Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Stanou is ranked 189,070^th in the world and 157^th in Coalition of Crown Albatross for Largest Mining Sector, scoring 1,003.91 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.