The Kingdom of The Practice Islands is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by King Caractacus with an iron fist, and renowned for its fear of technology, ban on automobiles, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 5.976 billion Practicians 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Caractacus. The average income tax rate is 48.2%.

The very strong Practician economy, worth 361 trillion Powders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Basket Weaving, Trout Farming, Pizza Delivery, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 60,493 Powders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

The "right of sanctuary" stops police pursuit into temples and churches, you're only as old as you feel, fast-food chefs regularly win Health Innovation Awards for spitting on burgers, and the nation's weary schoolchildren excel at sport but must count scores on their fingers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Practice Islands's national animal is the Fascinating Fish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Bahianism.

The Practice Islands is ranked 75,196^th in the world and 13^th in The Conservative Democracies for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 14,596.98 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.