The Republic of Stringstream is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, public floggings, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 10.979 billion Stringstreamians 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 29.3%.

The thriving Stringstreamian economy, worth 767 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 69,878 pounds, with the richest citizens earning 9.5 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens must pay to enjoy Stringstream's pristine beaches, farmers sing lullabies to soothe their livestock to sleep, beggars lack pockets for spare change, and lending money has become a major liability. Crime is moderate. Stringstream's national animal is the lion, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Stringstream is ranked 3,833^rd in the world and 1^st in Goofy Goobers for Most Primitive, scoring 136.96 on the Scary Big Number Scale.