The People's Republic of Palamand is a very large, cultured nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and national health service. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 473 million Palamanders hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Friscoburg. The average income tax rate is 50.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Palamandian economy, worth 43.2 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 91,285 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has little issue with allowing its citizens to languish in foreign jails, the government is attempting to revitalize a gutted private sector, medical staff can legally quiet people who ask for a second helping of Salisbury steak, and the new Liquor Legitimacy Office is besieged with job applications from people who have experience in "statistical sampling methods". Crime is totally unknown. Palamand's national animal is the unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Palamand is ranked 255,123^rd in the world and 967^th in Concord for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 826.08 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.