The Colony of Pantsari is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 420 million Pantsari enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 76.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Pantsarian economy, worth 6.82 trillion linis a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 16,249 linis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest superhero movie features a caped geep with adamantium claws, the 'Museum Of Stuff We Stole' is a tourist favourite, the nation's youth would rather watch paint dry than the news, and children are raised bilingual from an early age. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pantsari's national animal is the geep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pantsari is ranked 208,066^th in the world and 376^th in Refugia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 18.6 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.