The Grand Duchy of Strelitz is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 647 million Strelitzers are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Neustrelitz. The average income tax rate is 48.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Strelitzian economy, worth 79.5 trillion Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 122,892 Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Church and state are inseparable in their influence on education, newly synthesized elements' half-lives are a million times shorter than the time it takes to say their names, cutting-edge missile systems are being retrofitted to twin-prop air force biplanes, and polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Strelitz's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Strelitz is ranked 213,796^th in the world and 4,129^th in The North Pacific for Most Extreme, scoring 13.96 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.