The Most Serene Republic of Strange Things is a mammoth, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 6.454 billion Strange Thingsians 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 large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 48.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Strange Thingsian economy, worth 148 trillion Pennies a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Tourism, Furniture Restoration, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 22,943 Pennies, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Strange Things's national animal is the Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Strange Things is ranked 287,041^st in the world and 1^st in Conservative for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -9.47 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.