The Most Serene Republic of San Pedra is a huge, safe nation, notable for its public floggings, ubiquitous missile silos, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 851 million San Pedrans 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of San Carlos. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 47.5%.

The frighteningly efficient San Pedran economy, worth 93.5 trillion pesos a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 109,913 pesos, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 310,262 per year while the poor average 31,169, a ratio of 10.0 to 1.

Visiting dignitaries often end up cuddling in the hot tub with Leader, Jennifer Government is a bestseller, the nation's once beautiful countryside has turned brown as farmers spray potent pesticides, and government officials say that if you close your eyes and wish really hard the budget deficit will go away. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. San Pedra's national animal is the tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

San Pedra is ranked 133,960^th in the world and 192^nd in Declansburg for Highest Food Quality, scoring 17.41 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.