The Republic of Stressed depressed and compressed is a huge, safe nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, disturbing lack of elderly people, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed population of 857 million Ducks 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 Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 33.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Duck economy, worth 52.8 trillion Duckcoins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 61,565 Duckcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Town welcome signs list corporate sponsors, Duck police have to pay out of their own pockets for bulletproof vests, women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms, and military spending is on the increase. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stressed depressed and compressed's national animal is the Duck, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Stressed depressed and compressed is ranked 257,234^th in the world and 4,046^th in Artificial Solar System for Nudest, with 63 cheeks per square mile.