Static block and main topic

I found a very interesting thing when trying to use java. Please find the following code:

public class SimpleTest { 
    static{ 
        System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName()); 
        System.exit(0); 
    } 
} 

The above program works without any exceptions (well and good, since I exit the static block itself). But as a conclusion, I got the following:

main

Since I did not start the main thread, how is it created. In my understanding, a static block is executed at boot time. Then how does the main stream get into the picture?

Can anyone give a brief description of how compilation, loading and execution are performed in jvm? Also using rt.jar?

Thanks in advance, Brinal