The Republic of P520 is a large, cultured nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working population of 199 million P520ians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 32.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong P520ian economy, worth 12.3 trillion złoties a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 61,611 złoties, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Sermons are regularly interrupted by businessmen taking phone calls, teachers regularly paddle unruly students, nature reserves often contain artificial waterfalls and concrete paths, and the people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. P520's national animal is the python, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

P520 is ranked 19,101^st in the world and 67^th in Concord for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 5,176.18 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.