The Republic of PM10 is a massive, safe nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.876 billion PM10ians 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 enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 68.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant PM10ian economy, worth 33.4 trillion marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 17,817 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Former gun owners are finding that brandishing paintball guns isn't as satisfying as the real thing and citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. PM10's national animal is the crocodile, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

PM10 is ranked 258,208^th in the world and 3,026^th in the West Pacific for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.73 kickbacks per hour.