The Bannorn of Pythia is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Bann Visenar vos Meltheon with an iron fist, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.395 billion Pythians 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 relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Elosha. The average income tax rate is 18.4%.

The Pythian economy, worth 163 trillion kamas a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Book Publishing. Average income is 48,053 kamas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Bann Visenar vos Meltheon has just been declared ruler of Pythia in an international press conference, Pythia has designated Elosha as its capital city, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, and farting etiquette is taught in schools. Crime is moderate. Pythia's national animal is the tiger and its national religion is Vezkelios.

Pythia is ranked 170,488^th in the world and 10^th in Minoa for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 400.25 on the Gilded Widget Scale.