The State of Petraz is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 23.463 billion Petrazians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.9%.

The strong Petrazian economy, worth a remarkable 1,375 trillion betales a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 58,630 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 398,613 per year while the poor average 3,150, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, Petraz has designated Westminster as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Petraz in an international press conference. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Petraz's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Petraz is ranked 15,146^th in the world and 1^st in Managua for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 7,674.31 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.