The Federation of Pendelk is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, digital currency, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.307 billion Pendelkians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 38.0%.

The strong Pendelkian economy, worth 103 trillion Pends a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 78,938 Pends, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Water fights now end with thousands dead, the pursuit of wanted criminals ends at the entrance of the pay'n'spray garage as police refuse to enter any private property, unemployed accountants keep double-entry ledgers of their benefit claims, and Leader is the self-declared God of all Pendelk. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pendelk's national animal is the Swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pendelk is ranked 67,330^th in the world and 2,257^th in the South Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 605.3 pounds of wildlife per square mile.