The Glorious State of Penarastaria is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Supreme Marshal Governor Maximilian I with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, compulsory vegetarianism, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 12.168 billion Penarastarians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order and Education are also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Munivit Civitatem. The average income tax rate is 97.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Penarastarian economy, worth a remarkable 4,574 trillion Work Hours 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. 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 375,932 Work Hours, with the richest citizens earning 7.3 times as much as the poorest.

Fancy dress parties are raided by military police for new recruits, prisoners pray grey skies are gonna clear up, the hip spot of the season is just over that way, and the nation has recently been attributed to the funding of terrorist organisations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Penarastaria's national animal is the Badger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Militarism.

Penarastaria is ranked 290,307^th in the world and 231^st in Confederation of Corrupt Dictators for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1.94 pounds of wildlife per square mile.