The Democratic Republic of Stumphosse Res is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 927 million Stumphosse Residents have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 42.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Stumphosse Resident economy, worth 66.1 trillion resas a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 71,282 resas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Money that should have gone to charities is instead spent on monitoring them, being nicknamed "Orange Face" has done Leader's credibility no favours, fruit pickers with degrees in emu psychology are a common sight, and people believe that if you teach a man to fish he won't buy fish from you any more. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stumphosse Res's national animal is the emu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Stumphosse Res is ranked 81,591^st in the world and 584^th in Europe for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 2,349.03 on the Hickory Productivity Index.