The People's Republic of Proserpino is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 842 million Proserpinoans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Junople. The average income tax rate is 75.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Proserpinoan economy, worth 98.7 trillion aureuses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 117,182 aureuses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Rare art has become a significant factor in negotiating all foreign trade agreements, citizens can only enjoy the splendor of the natural world in designated 'Majesty Appreciation' zones, the "give and take" of international diplomacy often happens at gunpoint, and prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Proserpino's national animal is the Ouroboro, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Proserpino is ranked 14,836^th in the world and 808^th in The North Pacific for Healthiest Citizens, with 12.19 bananas ingested per day.