The Democratic Republic of Ptakria is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Pablo Hosehead with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.034 billion Ptakrians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 94.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ptakrian economy, worth 477 trillion schnus a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 157,306 schnus, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ptakrians seem to be catching more chills, married couples must call each other "darling" or risk a fine, park rangers perform full-body searches on suspected fungus smugglers, and government ministers sport new billboards that read 'Will Trade Votes for Private Members' Bill Support'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ptakria's national animal is the ladybug, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Secular Humanism.

Ptakria is ranked 5,599^th in the world and 43^rd in Europeia for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 14,454.7 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.