The State of Stornoway House is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 30.122 billion Stornoway Houseans 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 minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.4%.

The powerhouse Stornoway Housean economy, worth a remarkable 1,704 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Retail, and Information Technology. Average income is 56,582 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 194,120 per year while the poor average 12,104, a ratio of 16.0 to 1.

The country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and Stornoway House has designated Westminster as its capital city. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Stornoway House's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Stornoway House is ranked 256,808^th in the world and 5^th in Ottawa for Lowest Crime Rates, with 48.25 law-abiding acts per hour.