The Glorious Empire of Burning Pants is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by The King of Braves with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 21.61 billion Burner of Pants live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, outspoken individuals juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of adventure. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Pants-Burner economy, worth a remarkable 7,912 trillion G-Stones a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an amazing 366,151 G-Stones, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Teddy bear James Dean (aka "the Rebel Without the Claws") helps convince kids that candy cigarettes are cool, the police have been reduced to using duct tape instead of handcuffs following further cutbacks, nihilistic thrill-seekers claim that suicide by roller coaster is the ultimate life experience, and teenagers across the country are celebrating the defeat of a national curfew bill. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Burning Pants's national animal is the Fighting Mechanoid, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Oath Sworn Through Courage.

Burning Pants is ranked 591^st in the world and 26^th in Lazarus for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 18,632.99 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.