The City-State of Petalumadom is a gargantuan, cultured nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, absence of drug laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 41.222 billion Petalumadomians 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 relatively small, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education, Industry, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Social Policy are ignored. The average income tax rate is 12.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Petalumadomian economy, worth a remarkable 6,859 trillion cypresian bills a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 166,408 cypresian bills, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, there have been sightings of people walking around dressed in nothing but leopard-skin g-strings for 'religious reasons', Bird is one of the most popular forenames in Petalumadom, and the streets are ravaged by murder and violence to prove political points. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Petalumadom's national animal is the bird, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Petalumadom is ranked 2,855^th in the world and 20^th in 10000 Islands for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 7,412.58 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.