The Sementes of Pevides is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Comité Semental with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, free-roaming dinosaurs, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 10.152 billion Pevideses have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 85.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Pevidesian economy, worth a remarkable 1,378 trillion Pevides a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 135,794 Pevides, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 430,550 per year while the poor average 32,653, a ratio of 13.2 to 1.

Arms manufacturing has been put at an arm's length, 'A is for Annulment' is a popular children's song, "The Daily Sacrifice" is a routine segment of morning news shows, and schoolchildren are taught to boo and hiss at Comité Semental's name. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pevides's national animal is the Melon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Pevides is ranked 18,892^nd in the world and 3^rd in Portugal de Esquerda for Lowest Crime Rates, with 95.53 law-abiding acts per hour.