The Grand Duchy of Prustes is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, pith helmet sales, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.641 billion Prustesians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 33.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Prustesian economy, worth 242 trillion Lustrous Lupins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 147,498 Lustrous Lupins, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 975,066 per year while the poor average 8,610, a ratio of 113 to 1.

Reports of attacks by bright purple sixty-foot high spiders have recently shot up, the pursuit of wanted criminals ends at the entrance of the pay'n'spray garage as police refuse to enter any private property, a PhD just ain't what it used to be, and the government pours millions of Lustrous Lupins into rehabilitation programs annually. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Prustes's national animal is the Prussian Snow Panther, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Prustes is ranked 183,300^th in the world and 73^rd in We like money for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 714.67 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.