The Optimistic Republic of Ptarmigans is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Great Pumpkin with a fair hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 44.511 billion Ptarmigans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, corrupt, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Administration, Industry, and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Defense and Spirituality are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ptarmtown. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 29.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Ptarmigansian economy, worth an astonishing 11,601 trillion tootoos a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 260,647 tootoos, with the richest citizens earning 5.7 times as much as the poorest.

Hedge fund managers are diversifying into herbaceous borders, sex-ed is child's play, diplomats are always trying to convince other nations to adopt l33t speak, and extraordinary tribunals try accused financial criminals. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ptarmigans's national animal is the wombat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is theoteleomorphism.

Ptarmigans is ranked 9,228^th in the world and 1^st in Westingforia for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 5,866.63 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.