The Federal Communal Republic of Pelatepe is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Hugo Varela Sá with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, keen interest in outer space, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate population of 1.413 billion Pelatepans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of La Paz. The average income tax rate is 93.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pelatepan economy, worth 200 trillion pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 141,598 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians can be seen taking candy from babies, the wreckages of bombed planes that litter Pelatepe are highly popular tourist destinations, the optimally efficient parking strategy for business commuters is referred to as the "traveling salesman problem", and dubiously qualified East Lebatuckese doctors prescribe ice baths as a treatment for pneumonia. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pelatepe's national animal is the black bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pelatepe is ranked 19,880^th in the world and 53^rd in The Internationale for Most Efficient Economies, scoring 98.89 on the Krugman-Greenspan Business Outlook Index.