The Kingdom of Parcylan is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by King Stephen with a fair hand, and remarkable for its national health service, public floggings, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 6.086 billion Parcylan boyos enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cat City. The average income tax rate is 56.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Parcylanian economy, worth 936 trillion Bob a Jobs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 153,879 Bob a Jobs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government's economic policy can be summed up as "Abort, Retry, Fail?", Parcylan is sometimes referred to as the global janitor, a positive GPA is all it takes to get an elite education, and King Stephen consults the market before choosing breakfast. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Parcylan's national animal is the Amber Cat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Church of Latter Day Plonkers.

Parcylan is ranked 32,291^st in the world and 25^th in Yggdrasil for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 917.41 on the Clooney Contribution Index.