The Free Land of Permitania is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 329 million Permitanians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The tiny, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.4%.

The very strong Permitanian economy, worth 19.3 trillion coins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 58,606 coins, with the richest citizens earning 9.1 times as much as the poorest.

Permitania City's flashy holiday light displays can be seen from space, the government is outsourcing itself, farmers' market days almost always end in a shooting, and it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Permitania's national animal is the baboon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Permitania is ranked 212,674^th in the world and 1^st in Greater Rumargan for Most Primitive, scoring -81.71 on the Scary Big Number Scale.