The Woodhouse Sanctum of Pulver is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 24.378 billion Pulverians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government prioritizes Law & Order, with Defense, Industry, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Welfare and International Aid receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 35.8%.

The strong Pulverian economy, worth a remarkable 1,125 trillion brassieres a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 46,167 brassieres, with the richest citizens earning 6.4 times as much as the poorest.

Fashion magazine covers finally display realistic body images following photo-manipulation becoming illegal, polygamy is legal, forecasts predict rains of loose lead and mortar shells for the next six weeks, and the "war on terror" doesn't seem to be making Pulverians any less frightened. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Pulver's national animal is the bue-tox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pulver is ranked 131,433^rd in the world and 1^st in United Communist Union for Lowest Crime Rates, with 62.6 law-abiding acts per hour.