The Grand Duchy of -Penn- is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Duke Lee Glenside with an iron fist, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 14.861 billion Pennites are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Philadelphia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.8%.

The powerhouse Pennan economy, worth a remarkable 1,225 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 82,460 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 235,416 per year while the poor average 23,019, a ratio of 10.2 to 1.

Jennifer Government is banned, no suburban lawn is complete without barbed wire and landmines, the fate of the world literally rests on Duke Lee Glenside's fingers, and sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Penn-'s national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Lutheranism.

-Penn- is ranked 225,853^rd in the world and 6^th in The Supreme Union for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -3.7 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.