The Republic of Purity of Essence is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 15.436 billion Purity of Essenceans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 22.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Purity of Essencean economy, worth 141 trillion guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Cheese Exports, Pizza Delivery, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 9,174 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown. Purity of Essence's national animal is the leopard.

Purity of Essence is ranked 265,829^th in the world and 1^st in Neutral Ocean for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring -5.48 on the Hickory Productivity Index.