The Most Serene Republic of Pulitein is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Mistress with an iron fist, and renowned for its infamous sell-swords, compulsory military service, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.739 billion Puliteinians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yellow Mountain. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 62.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Puliteinian economy, worth 326 trillion Capitals a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 187,495 Capitals, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,165,749 per year while the poor average 12,935, a ratio of 90.1 to 1.

Scientists who publish a non-reproducible result are tarred and feathered, breastfeeding mothers are replacing smokers to loiter outside the workplace, builders spend more time negotiating "tasteful architecture" than on actual construction, and the five second rule has been amended to the five minute rule. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pulitein's national animal is the Deer, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Capitalism.

Pulitein is ranked 92,919^th in the world and 1,165^th in the South Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,516.03 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.