The People of Pepel is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Pater with an even hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, compulsory military service, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 35.732 billion Pepelians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pepel. The average income tax rate is 63.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Pepelian economy, worth a remarkable 7,416 trillion leones a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 207,562 leones, with the richest citizens earning 5.0 times as much as the poorest.

Economists claim no news is good news, the threat of economic apocalypse brings out the best in people, the urban poor thumbs down the new hitchhiking ban, and the Pepel State Museum is said to be haunted by ghastly musicians playing 'Nearer Violet to Thee'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pepel's national animal is the lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Pepel is ranked 9,824^th in the world and 1^st in Belgique for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 428.3 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.