The Merchant Guilds of PBTL is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Smugbastard ☃️ Brandish with an iron fist, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, frequent executions, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 12.328 billion Peebeeteelians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Suffergettecity. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 61.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Peebeeish economy, worth a remarkable 1,643 trillion ⚠️Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 133,334 ⚠️Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 453,564 per year while the poor average 28,892, a ratio of 15.7 to 1.

Nighttime sightings of raccoons sporting Circle-A patches and bandanna masks are on the rise, morality classes are compulsory for all school students, anyone who sleeps in past 9am can be declared legally dead, and farting etiquette is taught in schools. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. PBTL's national animal is the Dove Vampira, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Newteyeilian ♿️ Worship.

PBTL is ranked 128,749^th in the world and 128^th in The Regected Realns for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,264.35 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.