The Self-Governing Eperopolis of Panaderencia is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Council of Speakers with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, sprawling nuclear power plants, and infamous sell-swords. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.671 billion Ancients are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Panaderencia. The average income tax rate is 95.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Ancient economy, worth 923 trillion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Retail. Average income is an impressive 120,431 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The number of eyes rolled per maths lesson is increasing exponentially, the government is a proud sponsor of the National Gaming Association, would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here", and no one is quite sure what many government officials look like. Crime is totally unknown. Panaderencia's national animal is the Sparrow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Secular.

Panaderencia is ranked 323,146^th in the world and 127^th in The Glorious Nations of Iwaku for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -13.19 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.