The Federation of Pingfasir is a huge, genial nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 854 million Pingfasirians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social and economic equality; they tend to view other countries as corrupted by the hollow pageantry of sham elections.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 71.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Pingfasirian economy, worth 76.6 trillion lire a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 89,638 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The internal market is thriving, the musical cognoscenti insist the national anthem just isn't the same without a double contrabass flute, the nation is experiencing a severe shortage of sporting events, and commercial jingles are the nation's greatest export. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pingfasir's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pingfasir is ranked 15,671^st in the world and 230^th in the Pacific for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 7,095.61 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.