The Imperial Empire of Portugal Is Great is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Klaus Vetz with an iron fist, and notable for its fear of technology, strictly enforced bedtime, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 18.797 billion Portugueses are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Lisbon. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 35.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Portugal Is Greatian economy, worth a remarkable 6,946 trillion Stolns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 369,560 Stolns, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,407,611 per year while the poor average 4,016, a ratio of 848 to 1.

Scientists are not permitted to ask questions, citizens are bankrupted by injuries to cousins they've never met, air purifiers fight smoke machines on Portugal Is Greatian stage setups, and musicians are often arrested for saying "oh my God". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Portugal Is Great's national animal is the Housecat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Foxism.

Portugal Is Great is ranked 334,469^th in the world and 25^th in The Labyrinth for Most Cultured, scoring 21 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.