The Most Serene Republic of Palesvania is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Fyodor Vladislav with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, disturbing lack of elderly people, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 1.38 billion Palesvanians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Education also on the agenda, while Welfare and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gaddafi. The average income tax rate is 72.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Palesvanian economy, worth 215 trillion Slaves a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 156,135 Slaves, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

An alabaster statue of an ancient cat-deity takes pride of place in the centre of Gaddafi, betting pennies on games of Go Fish is considered deviant, mandatory spouse selection pairs elderly apparatchiki with stunningly beautiful supermodels, and adults hang around outside comic stores to ask kids to go and buy magazines for them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Palesvania's national animal is the Mothman, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Propaganda.

Palesvania is ranked 92,247^th in the world and 299^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Stationary, with 236.46188338652 days.