The Kingdom of Prydania is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by King Tobias III Loðbrók with an even hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, devout population of 9.313 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 Education, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Beaconsviði. The average income tax rate is 72.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Prydanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,228 trillion Krosses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 131,906 Krosses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

The nation was recently voted "most likely to betray its allies", military officers are given medals for disobeying orders, the minority inevitably have their addenda vetoed, and King Tobias III Loðbrók's new political program is often mockingly called 'Capitalism with a Bigtopian face'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Prydania's national animal is the Stag, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Laurenist Messianism.

Prydania is ranked 165,670^th in the world and 8,208^th in The North Pacific for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 21.37 on the Bus Surprisal Index.