The Golden Oil State of Petrostan is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Presidente Bruce Doe with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.813 billion Petrostanis 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Great Psenegrad. The average income tax rate is 37.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Petrostani economy, worth 98.9 trillion Troes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 54,549 Troes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

The local custom of Biking With The Cars sends tourists home bemused or in body-bags, exceptionally talented workers are praised more than Revolutionary heroes, official Sermon-Free Zones are set-up around the nation's hotels, and exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Petrostan's national animal is the Hog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Oilism.

Petrostan is ranked 198,156^th in the world and 371^st in The Sacred Elite for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring 41.87 on the Hayek Index.