The Protectorate of STU State Broadcasting is a huge, safe nation, notable for its burgeoning newspapers population. The democratic population of 937 million STU State Broadcastingians enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 26.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped STU State Broadcastingian economy, worth 24.3 trillion Truths a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 25,947 Truths, and distributed extremely evenly, with little 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. STU State Broadcasting's national animal is the newspapers.

STU State Broadcasting is ranked 28,015^th in the world and 32^nd in Social Technocratic Union for Least Corrupt Governments, with 94.07 Percentage Of Bribes Refused.