The Dominion of Palmbroke Islands is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its complete lack of public education, absence of drug laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 25.386 billion Palmbroke Islanders enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, liberal, pro-business government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Industry, with Spirituality and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Welfare and Social Policy are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.1%.

The powerhouse Palmbroke Islands economy, worth a remarkable 1,017 trillion crowns a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 40,095 crowns, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 141,926 per year while the poor average 8,178, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Palmbroke Islands's national animal is the tropical hedgehog, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Palmbroke Islands is ranked 195,500^th in the world and 2^nd in Palm Islands for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring zero on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.