The Republic of Palos Verdes Estates is a tiny, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 8 million Palos Verdes Estatesians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 44.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The weak Palos Verdes Estatesian economy, worth 284 billion American Dollars 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 a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Tourism, Book Publishing, Pizza Delivery, and Woodchip Exports. 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 35,519 American Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws, the urban poor thumbs down the new hitchhiking ban, all beauty contests have been banned, and teachers are dying as they attempt to read 500 word essays without pausing for breath. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Palos Verdes Estates's national animal is the Grizzly Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Palos Verdes Estates is ranked 94,678^th in the world and 19^th in The Toastic Assembly for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 2,157.03 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.