The Community of Preriskya is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.228 billion Preriskyans are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.9%.

The very strong Preriskyan economy, worth 161 trillion horses a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Cheese Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 72,688 horses, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 257,294 per year while the poor average 14,827, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

All major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Preriskya's national animal is the bottlecap.

Preriskya is ranked 5,840^th in the world and 4^th in Fallout Genesis for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring 128.4 on the Hayek Index.