The Most Serene Republic of Pangurstan is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by President Arnold Brant with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 11.872 billion Pangurs love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alkapol. The average income tax rate is 99.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Pangur economy, worth a remarkable 2,586 trillion dollars 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 Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 217,874 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Stranded mountaineers can watch livestreamed footage of their rescues, sharing vacation pictures requires written consent from the entire beach resort, songs in 4/4 time are simply too common for the musical cognoscenti, and foreign casinos have trouble paying fans who bet on the triumph of the Alkapol Eagles against long odds. Crime is totally unknown. Pangurstan's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Pangurstan is ranked 7,141^st in the world and 1^st in Audinesca for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 479.43 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.