The Republic of P408 is a very large, cultured nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, ritual sacrifices, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 301 million P408ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 38.7%.

The strong P408ian economy, worth 18.0 trillion złoties a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 59,756 złoties, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Powerful x-ray machines used by the Customs Department can see into the homes of nearby residents, military pilots spend more time scraping feathers off their engines than flying their aircraft, P408 has designated P408 City as its capital city, and fans doing the wave routinely disrupt the finals of Go tournaments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. P408's national animal is the python, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

P408 is ranked 132,345^th in the world and 893^rd in the Rejected Realms for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1,959.6 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.