The Empire of Pullenstein is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and renowned for its national health service, rampant corporate plagiarism, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 42.421 billion Pullensteinians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The minute, corrupt government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Education, although Defense, Healthcare, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pullenstein City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Pullensteinian economy, worth an astonishing 15,590 trillion marks a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 367,526 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Treasury has been accused of flushing money down the toilet, community-designed sword prostheses are becoming dangerously common, bus ads propagandize causes ranging from sexual revolution to religious pogroms, and where there's a will there is usually a password manager. Crime is totally unknown. Pullenstein's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pullenstein is ranked 440^th in the world and 11^th in Lazarus for Smartest Citizens, with 300.86 quips per hour.