The Socialist Union of Pekolandia Republics is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Chairman Auvela Farrad with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.982 billion Pekolandians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The tiny, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arta. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.6%.

The strong Pekolandian economy, worth 404 trillion Zigurds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Book Publishing. Average income is 67,643 Zigurds, with the richest citizens earning 6.7 times as much as the poorest.

Student exchange programs are in trouble as everyone wants to leave but no-one wants to come, the government spends millions of Zigurds every year prosecuting spammers, retiring citizens are dragged away in the middle of the night by mysterious men in black suits, and referenda are banned by law and the Parliament has absolute control of the legislative process. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Pekolandia Republics's national animal is the leopard, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Pekolandia Republics is ranked 247,628^th in the world and 12^th in The Dimensional Union for Nicest Citizens, with 9.76 average smiles per day.