The Principality of Purple Rain 86 is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Prince with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, otherworldly petting zoo, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.921 billion Purple Rain 86ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of St Paul. The average income tax rate is 80.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Purple Rain 86ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,429 trillion marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 241,478 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Billions of marks are being blown on orbital weapons development, weighted heels are added to military boots to ensure diminutive celebrities meet minimum requirements, government officials say that if you close your eyes and wish really hard the budget deficit will go away, and lifeguards are more concerned with watching for sharks than struggling swimmers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Purple Rain 86's national animal is the panther, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Love Symbol.

Purple Rain 86 is ranked 288,241^st in the world and 416^th in NationStates for Safest, scoring 4.43 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.