The Kingdom of Prydania is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by King Tobias III with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, devout population of 4.184 billion Prydanians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Beaconsfield. The average income tax rate is 43.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Prydanian economy, worth 441 trillion crosses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 105,459 crosses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property, residents of newly dried out bays live in fear of leaky dikes, women have a strange proclivity for dressing up as caped weasels, and children need to wear helmets and safety harnesses before mounting a carousel horse. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Prydania's national animal is the elk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Lutheranism.

Prydania is ranked 16,878^th in the world and 788^th in The North Pacific for Largest Retail Industry, scoring 6,565.23 on the Shrinkwrap Consignment Productivity Index.