The Federal Republic of Stroulia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Maddison Goddard with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 15.3 billion Stroulians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Regario. The average income tax rate is 91.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Stroulian economy, worth a remarkable 1,389 trillion Stroulian pounds a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 90,803 Stroulian pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Both criminals and civilians are DOA, nations that kill a Stroulian can expect a strongly worded letter, small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome, and primetime re-runs of The Black and White Minstrel Show are a critical hit. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stroulia's national animal is the Stroulian Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Stroulia is ranked 5,720^th in the world and 102^nd in 10000 Islands for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 14,323.72 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.