The State of Channing Stevenson is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 10.945 billion Channing Stevensonians are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The enormous, moralistic, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Social Policy, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 46.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Channing Stevensonian economy, worth 310 trillion betales a year, is highly specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Automobile Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 28,404 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Punitive tariffs protect local industry, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, and Channing Stevenson has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Channing Stevenson's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Channing Stevenson is ranked 99,088^th in the world and 5^th in Commonwealth States for Nicest Citizens, with 13.62 average smiles per day.