The Colony of Parzivole is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Personal Conscience with an even hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 6.594 billion Parzivs are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Henrietta. The average income tax rate is 74.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Parzivolean economy, worth a remarkable 1,216 trillion Berries a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 184,464 Berries, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Reporters often lose their jobs over fact-checking errors, acute politicians deride opposition members for being obtuse, prisoners due for execution often use their final statement to complain about soggy bread rolls, and scrapyards are filled with Personal Conscience's face. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Parzivole's national animal is the Gamer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Anarchy.

Parzivole is ranked 12,535^th in the world and 8^th in eta for Highest Poor Incomes, with 113,187.04 Standard Monetary Units.