The Kingdom of Palentane is a titanic, genial nation, notable for its prohibition of alcohol, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 17.119 billion Palentaneans 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 large, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Etanalon. The average income tax rate is 54.5%.

The Palentanean economy, worth 883 trillion Royals a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 51,621 Royals, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

The nation has gained millions of new citizens overnight, up to 40% of voters can finally read the issues they're deciding on, the new national campaign exhorts men to "Show Some Class - Don't Sit On Your Ass", and in a fit of passion Leader has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Palentane's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Palentane is ranked 273,311^th in the world and 1^st in Commonality of Free Nations for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 23,487.65 Standard Monetary Units.