The Order of the People's God of Palractus is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the people with an even hand, and notable for its infamous sell-swords, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless, devout population of 14.129 billion Palractusii are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, moralistic morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hildebrandt. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Palractusii economy, worth a remarkable 3,069 trillion duinats a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Basket Weaving, Furniture Restoration, Book Publishing, 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. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an amazing 217,283 duinats, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 819,712 per year while the poor average 40,117, a ratio of 20.4 to 1.

The most popular stadium acts are one-off performances, libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars, just as students finish their homework it's time for school, and tribal villagers hide behind the sofa when missionaries knock at their doors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Palractus's national animal is the heron, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is democracy.

Palractus is ranked 4,935^th in the world and 5^th in Alcris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 116.82 law-abiding acts per hour.