The Commonwealth of Penice 300 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 4.476 billion Penice 300ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 91.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Penice 300ian economy, worth 580 trillion penices a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 129,648 penices, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

NationStates is now a popular brand of laxatives despite Max Barry's protests, one-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man, re-education centers are being added to most prisons, and flu research is commonly shut down for fear of creating a superbug. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Penice 300's national animal is the Woodcock, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Penice 300 is ranked 37,099^th in the world and 1,338^th in Osiris for Highest Average Incomes, with 129,648.53 Standard Monetary Units.