The 90-degree angle of Perpendicular Bisector is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Line Segment PQ with an iron fist, and remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, frequent executions, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 3.637 billion Perpendicular Bisectorians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Point S. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 81.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Perpendicular Bisectorian economy, worth 643 trillion Protractors a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 176,933 Protractors, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 936,458 per year while the poor average 17,722, a ratio of 52.8 to 1.

Tabloids coo over Line Segment PQ's expected child, nature reserves often contain artificial waterfalls and concrete paths, even snitches get stitches, and citizen radio operators agree that the certification test can open up a world of hertz. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Perpendicular Bisector's national animal is the Geometry teacher, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Measuring.

Perpendicular Bisector is ranked 3,025^th in the world and 2^nd in Penguin Land for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 14,377.48 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.