The Contemplating of Panagouge is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Rewan Demontay with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, soft-spoken computers, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 11.16 billion Panagougeans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Amibell. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Panagougean economy, worth a remarkable 5,165 trillion Dragoonos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 462,869 Dragoonos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Many of the country's largest dumps can be seen from space, terrorists are on a first name basis with the officials that stamp their passports, people with political aspirations study how to make balloon animals, and tourists are flocking to the newly-built MeteorLand family resort. Crime is totally unknown. Panagouge's national animal is the Nothingness, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Void Doctrine.

Panagouge is ranked 174,171^st in the world and 64^th in Cataclyst Order for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 601.97 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.