The Bannorn of Poritrin is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Bann Hassik vos Tighe with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, zero percent divorce rate, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 14.68 billion Poritrinians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Heinar. The average income tax rate is 31.4%.

The strong Poritrinian economy, worth 986 trillion kamas a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 67,210 kamas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

A suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League, vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction, museums offer moralization or your money back, and the weather in Heinar is always 'pigeons with a chance of droppings'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Poritrin's national animal is the nightingale, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Maumiqism.

Poritrin is ranked 35,879^th in the world and 3^rd in Torrezon for Nicest Citizens, with 18.96 average smiles per day.