The Pegasus of Guard 55 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons. The hard-working, cynical population of 28.941 billion Guard 55ians are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The enormous, liberal government is primarily concerned with Welfare, although Education, Healthcare, and Industry are also considered important. The average income tax rate is 48.8%.

The very strong Guard 55ian economy, worth 786 trillion Claws a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Average income is 27,183 Claws, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

Voting is voluntary. Crime is moderate, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Guard 55's national animal is the Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Guard 55 is ranked 200,828^th in the world and 1^st in The Rocky Islands for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring zero on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.