The PS2 Puppet of Pterodoria is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Someone with a fair hand, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, ritual sacrifices, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 13.593 billion Pterodorians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pterodoria City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Pterodorian economy, worth a remarkable 7,623 trillion Pteralurias a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Soda Sales, and Information Technology. Average income is a breathtaking 560,855 Pteralurias, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 5,253,303 per year while the poor average 5,045, a ratio of 1,041 to 1.

Theft is considered to be okay if the crime happened a long time ago, the "right of sanctuary" stops police pursuit into temples and churches, the booming slave trade is now government-funded, and tourists are duped into trimming hedges for the horsy-set. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Pterodoria's national animal is the Pterodactyl, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Pterodoria is ranked 207,100^th in the world and 8,186^th in the South Pacific for Highest Poor Incomes, with 5,045.03 Standard Monetary Units.