The Confederacy of Interpigu is a fledgling, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, restrictive gun laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 6 million Interpiguans 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 medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 32.0%.

The Interpiguan economy, worth 279 billion Pings a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 46,470 Pings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Military spending recently hit a new high, the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, and children are afraid to go out at night due to the ubiquity of hardened jaywalkers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Interpigu's national animal is the Purple and Orange Penguin.

Interpigu is ranked 262,455^th in the world and 758^th in Horizon for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -8 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.