The People's Republic of Purging Themselves is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Upchuck with an iron fist, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, enslaved workforce, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 6.643 billion Purging Themselvesians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vomitory. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.0%.

The Purging Themselvesian economy, worth 364 trillion Regurgitates a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 54,898 Regurgitates, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 164,484 per year while the poor average 14,319, a ratio of 11.5 to 1.

Kindergartners' favourite dance move is the stop-drop-and-roll, films are funded in accordance with the volume of tears shed when reading the screenplay, citizens volunteer for tax audits to avoid the 80-page Practical Assessment Survey Tool On Religions, and in life full of care there is no time to stop and stare. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Purging Themselves's national animal is the Buzzard, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Bulimia Nervosa.

Purging Themselves is ranked 113,803^rd in the world and 17^th in Hurricane 12 for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 746.55 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.