The Westminster state of Pumpkin Valley is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Angela Hughes with a fair hand, and renowned for its smutty television, anti-smoking policies, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.425 billion Pumpkins 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 government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Targon. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 29.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Pumpkinian economy, worth 182 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 128,326 Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 460,734 per year while the poor average 25,608, a ratio of 18.0 to 1.

The Treasury has been accused of flushing money down the toilet, political visitors are forced to stop ten paces from Angela Hughes's throne, shell-shocked refugees are made to provide Immigration with lively renditions of 'Dancing Queen', and annulments are on the rise as couples discover their ancestors were born in the same hospitals. Crime is totally unknown. Pumpkin Valley's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Omnism.

Pumpkin Valley is ranked 63,871^st in the world and 10^th in North America for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 16,701.04 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.