The Free Land of Samuel S Stratton is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its burgeoning Giraffe population. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 15.821 billion Samuel S Strattonians enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The tiny, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.2%.

The very strong Samuel S Strattonian economy, worth 983 trillion Platinums a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Trout Farming, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 62,150 Platinums, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 189,856 per year while the poor average 15,769, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Samuel S Stratton's national animal is the Giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Samuel S Stratton is ranked 243,623^rd in the world and 939^th in Memeland United for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.77 kickbacks per hour.