The Disputed Territories of Pringon is a titanic, orderly nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, pith helmet sales, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 11.034 billion Pringonians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Administration, Education, and Industry also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 99.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Pringonian economy, worth a remarkable 5,968 trillion ions a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 540,954 ions, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Radio shows frequently feature people denouncing religion, government institutions' refrigerators are filled to the brim with baby bottles, politicians "baring all" for the camera isn't always a figure of speech, and the government recently donated a surfboard to an impoverished family in a landlocked region. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pringon's national animal is the Anaconda, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Pringon is ranked 658^th in the world and 26^th in Balder for Largest Black Market, with 10,247 trillion Standard Monetary Units.