The People's Republic of Impale is a very large, cultured nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, anti-smoking policies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 349 million Impaleans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 76.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Impalean economy, worth 39.7 trillion Industrial Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 113,612 Industrial Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Angry men scowl at each other across chess boards, enemy navies sail within bombardment range of major coastal cities with impunity, the most notorious criminals are given the Consequences of Your Actions Award, and soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Impale's national animal is the Iron Elk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Impale is ranked 41,108^th in the world and 2,115^th in Lazarus for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,236.44 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.