The Ethereal Communion of Penthievre is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Metan with an iron fist, and renowned for its avowedly heterosexual populace, strictly enforced bedtime, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 17.45 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, although Law & Order, Industry, and Administration are also considered important, while International Aid and Welfare 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 10,465 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 599,738 Vorages, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Adverts proclaim it has to be healthy if the Mornay uses hand-grated Gallopavian Gruyère, funeral directors are frequently looking at their watches during funerals, the restriction that you must be over 1.1 metres tall to ride a carnotaurus has recently been waived, and the consent form for routine blood pressure measurement has been nominated for the 'Novel Of The Year' award. 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 3,073^rd in the world and 138^th in Osiris for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 7,539.26 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.