The Social Republic of PUTAT is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by President Joyce with an iron fist, and notable for its prohibition of alcohol, compulsory military service, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.372 billion obedient citizens are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 82.1%.

The frighteningly efficient local economy, worth a remarkable 1,413 trillion rubles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 191,699 rubles, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 829,182 per year while the poor average 28,187, a ratio of 29.4 to 1.

Paleogeneticists have taken a Jurassic bite out of the budget, the flight attendant who draws the short straw is on "cockpit bucket duty", citizens need to demonstrate a complete set of dental records to throw five bucks in a hobo's hat, and politicians can be condescending (which by the way means "showing an attitude of patronising superiority"). Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. PUTAT's national animal is the pigeon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

PUTAT is ranked 8,567^th in the world and 1^st in Bahasa Indonesia for Nudest, with 1,027 cheeks per square mile.