The Empire of PANCAKES AND SOS is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-working, democratic population of 519 million PANCAKES AND SOSians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 15.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong PANCAKES AND SOSian economy, worth 35.2 trillion panpennies a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. Average income is 67,914 panpennies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

A rolling news ticker tape of disclaimers runs across the bottom of the screen on all TV shows, old warplanes and tanks that break down can't be repaired since no one makes the parts anymore, PANCAKES AND SOS has designated PANCAKES AND SOS City as its capital city, and a few people seem to spend their whole time complaining. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. PANCAKES AND SOS's national animal is the fox.

PANCAKES AND SOS is ranked 268,639^th in the world and 88^th in Blue Ridge for Largest Populations, with 519 million capita.