The Honorable Commonwealth of Pekweng is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by President Rodrigo Santillan with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, devout population of 23.417 billion Pekwengnians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Katherinia. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Pekwengnian economy, worth a remarkable 4,108 trillion Crons a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 175,440 Crons, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cooking with water and baking soda is considered patent infringement, young girls aren't having a ball but they are enjoying themselves, excessive wheelchair ramps on government buildings have been compared to theme park attractions, and for the sake of 'public interest' news programs tell viewers how to home-make Sarin gas bombs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pekweng's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pekweng is ranked 21,381^st in the world and 473^rd in The East Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 269.69 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.