The United Socialist States of Puninsia is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate, democratic population of 757 million Puninsians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nusantara. The average income tax rate is 87.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Puninsian economy, worth 65.4 trillion Leafams a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. Average income is 86,329 Leafams, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians tend to jump ship to whichever party is currently leading in the polls, the art of conversation has been rediscovered, excessive wheelchair ramps on government buildings have been compared to theme park attractions, and Bigtopian relations have become a minefield. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Puninsia's national animal is the Komodo dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Puninsia is ranked 50,817^th in the world and 97^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 4,086.44 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.