The Community of Penguin Perch is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Emperor Penguin with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 4.346 billion Penguin Perchians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Penguin Island. The average income tax rate is 11.7%.

The Penguin Perchian economy, worth 256 trillion Eggs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Gambling, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 59,094 Eggs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Children gain their first sex education from reading the dictionary, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, couples kissing on the street are detained for 'unlawful exchange of genetic material', and bread-gangs raid restaurant waste bins to stockpile uneaten rolls. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Penguin Perch's national animal is the Chin Strap Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Psychrophilla.

Penguin Perch is ranked 238,157^th in the world and 6^th in Penguin Land for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 29.04 on the Bus Surprisal Index.