The Sword and Shield of The Stasi State is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Erich Mielke with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 11.559 billion Stasi Agents are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Stasi HQ. The average income tax rate is 96.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Stasi Agent economy, worth a remarkable 3,727 trillion East German Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 322,509 East German Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pro-democracy protesters are shot on sight by state police, stealing from a clothesline is a serious offence, the police have reaffirmed their tough stance on drugs, and Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to The Stasi HQ to enjoy their national art. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Stasi State's national animal is the Enemy, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Actually Existing Socialism.

The Stasi State is ranked 1,146^th in the world and 38^th in Lazarus for Most Corrupt Governments, with 452.87 kickbacks per hour.