The United Republic of Stralfcyde is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Laura Sky with an even hand, and renowned for its triple-decker prams, ritual sacrifices, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 3.1 billion Stralfcydians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capa City. The average income tax rate is 75.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Stralfcydian economy, worth 367 trillion Stralf Pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an impressive 118,680 Stralf Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Blue sky thinkers are reminded that the firmament is actually more of a grey-ish colour, vehicular homicide by Stralfcydian ambassadors is a leading cause of death throughout the world's capital cities, unstable couples are known to break up over which one gets parental leave, and glamping Stralfcydians won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stralfcyde's national animal is the Stralf Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Jacouba.

Stralfcyde is ranked 30,713^th in the world and 758^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 216.4 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.