The Republic of Puzzling1 is a large, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, zero percent divorce rate, and absence of drug laws. The quiet, industrious population of 91 million Puzzling1ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 29.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Puzzling1ian economy, worth 3.86 trillion deniers a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Pizza Delivery, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 42,395 deniers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All recreational drugs are legal, surveillance cameras are banned, sheepish teenagers are making eye contact with their parents for the first time in a decade during state-enforced 'no-phones hour', and shady doctors seem to have impeccable records. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Puzzling1's national animal is the panther, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Puzzling1 is ranked 61,930^th in the world and 1,312^th in The East Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 51.48 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.