The Fiefdom of Stadle is a titanic, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The democratic population of 12.932 billion Stadleans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 72.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Stadlean economy, worth 266 trillion shirts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Soda Sales, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 20,618 shirts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit and the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stadle's national animal is the titan, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Stadle is ranked 278,972^nd in the world and 170^th in ainulindale for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -25.5 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.