The Oppressed Peoples of Praly is a very large, efficient nation, renowned for its ritual sacrifices, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 286 million Pralyians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 51.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Pralyian economy, worth 22.0 trillion guilders a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 76,983 guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Sick Pralyians are hair today and gone tomorrow, glancing at the car radio display while driving is treated as attempted homicide, a mushroom a day keeps the sadness away, and Mr Happy's Funland has just been named Praly's new capital. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Praly's national animal is the peacock, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Praly is ranked 47,522^nd in the world and 3^rd in The Polygonium for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,030.52 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.