The Reborn Matriarchy of Penble is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Anne Chromify with an iron fist, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 5.086 billion Penbleans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Anastasia. The average income tax rate is 79.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Penblean economy, worth 616 trillion bits a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 121,248 bits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Lending money has become a major liability, children who believe in the tooth fairy are frequently shipped off to Bigtopia, businesses are forced to bring all work back within the nation's borders, and if a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it... Penblean satellites can detect it. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Penble's national animal is the Dodo, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is State Atheism.

Penble is ranked 68,106^th in the world and 1^st in rouxland for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 4,132.67 on the Hickory Productivity Index.