The Kingdom of Pantor is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Nicholas Tebiriason with an even hand, and renowned for its national health service, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.305 billion Pantorans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stelkinthorpe. The average income tax rate is 49.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Pantorian economy, worth 122 trillion Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 93,869 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign casinos have trouble paying fans who bet on the Stelkinthorpe Chimeras' triumph against long odds, citizens are told that foreigners are hungry ghosts who eat the flesh of the overly curious, older citizens lament over the loss of law and order, and they who do not work shall not eat. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pantor's national animal is the Chimera, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Pantor is ranked 32,975^th in the world and 1,538^th in The North Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 46.24 quips per hour.