The Ethereal Communion of Penthievre is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Metan with an iron fist, and renowned for its flagrant waste-dumping, avowedly heterosexual populace, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 17.301 billion Penthievreans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Administration also on the agenda, while International Aid and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Trebrenka. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Penthievrean economy, worth an astonishing 10,451 trillion Vorages a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 604,091 Vorages, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

All citizens are solely referenced by their allocated identity number, the country has been 'going shopping' by annexing nearby nations for their resources, children have one piggy bank for fun and another to avoid crippling medical debt, and politicians accepting drinks in bars are executed for taking bribes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Penthievre's national animal is the Purcona, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Vektrelian.

Penthievre is ranked 693^rd in the world and 27^th in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 183.31 law-abiding acts per hour.