The Contemplating of Panagouge is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Rewan Demontay with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, deadly medical pandemics, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 12.335 billion Panagougeans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Amibell. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Panagougean economy, worth a remarkable 5,760 trillion Dragoonos a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 466,965 Dragoonos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

School children asked "what is two times two?" are likely to form a symposium to discuss how different answers make them feel, Panagougean diplomacy is by the book, elections are won by the candidate who makes the best 'yo mama' jokes, and shopping comes bagged and tagged. Crime is totally unknown. Panagouge's national animal is the Nothingness, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Void Doctrine.

Panagouge is ranked 104,101^st in the world and 36^th in Cataclyst Order for Lowest Crime Rates, with 65.38 law-abiding acts per hour.