The Fundamentalist State of Peripheri is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Curie with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, keen interest in outer space, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.402 billion Pherians 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 juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Djent V. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.4%.

The Peripherian economy, worth 465 trillion altis a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 62,901 altis, with the richest citizens earning 8.0 times as much as the poorest.

Pregnant hitchhikers with signs requesting rides to "competent care" are a common sight on Peripherian roads, twins move across the country to avoid being accused of the other's crimes, military instructors tire of being asked for another bedtime story by seven-year-old conscripts, and labour strikes are routinely squashed by police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Peripheri's national animal is the woodland fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Extremist Foxism.

Peripheri is ranked 183,281^st in the world and 3^rd in Woodland Creatures for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 718.52 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.