The Sacred Serene Republic of Pangurstan is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by President Arnold Brent with a fair hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 8.432 billion Pangurs 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 Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alkapol. The average income tax rate is 99.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Pangur economy, worth a remarkable 1,688 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 quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 200,257 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming, government employees have reverted to carrier pigeon due to never-ending virus scans, political speeches always take place at sunset to a background of patriotic power ballads, and therapists can always squeeze in another house-call. Crime is totally unknown. Pangurstan's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Pangurstan is ranked 7,541^st in the world and 7^th in Aros Elyium for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 8,535.5 on the Gilded Widget Scale.