The Republic of Pratesia is a small, orderly nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 26 million Pratesians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 71.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Pratesian economy, worth 180 billion florins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 6,958 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pratesia's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pratesia is ranked 112,404^th in the world and 472^nd in Horizon for Nicest Citizens, with 14.16 average smiles per day.