The Crude Oil of Petrol is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Sjeik Nafta-al-Mazout von Diesel with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, prohibition of alcohol, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 26.132 billion Petrolians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Quwait. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Petrolian economy, worth a remarkable 4,802 trillion Crudes a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 183,775 Crudes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 640,344 per year while the poor average 38,400, a ratio of 16.7 to 1.

Students at universities think exercise bikes are pieces of abstract art, people often get liposuction to reduce their air fares, exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting, and toilet paper is considered a non-essential item in the embargo against Brasilistan. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Petrol's national animal is the Brent, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Petrol is ranked 171,581^st in the world and 7,131^st in Lazarus for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 936.33 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.