The Principality of Pastoral is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.96 billion Pastoralians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14.2%.

The very strong Pastoralian economy, worth 142 trillion florins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Tourism, and Information Technology. Average income is 48,011 florins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 150,795 per year while the poor average 11,704, a ratio of 12.9 to 1.

Crime is a problem. Pastoral's national animal is the turtle o, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Pastoral is ranked 149,062^nd in the world and 5,821^st in Osiris for Largest Populations, with 2.96 billion capita.