The Provincial Union of Principalium is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Governor-Councillor Wilhelm with an even hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, sprawling nuclear power plants, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.459 billion Principaliumians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Centricips. The average income tax rate is 95.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Principaliumian economy, worth 421 trillion Princis a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 171,436 Princis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Wandering Principaliumians are known for their one-track minds, goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter, the new 'Who Wants To Be A Politician' election debate auditions are more popular than the debates themselves, and construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Principalium's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Judeo-Bolshevism.

Principalium is ranked 4,221^st in the world and 3^rd in Markion for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 87.62 on the Kitten Softness Rating.