The United Kingdom of Rendang and Pala is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Murugan Mailendra with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 5.477 billion Rendang and Palans 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rendang City. The average income tax rate is 75.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Rendang and Palan economy, worth 163 trillion Takas 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 Automobile Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 29,808 Takas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bicyclists are banned from major roads, it's said that any enemy of democracy is a friend to Murugan Mailendra, theft is considered to be okay if the crime happened a long time ago, and elected officials who disagree with Murugan Mailendra have a lot of accidents. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rendang and Pala's national animal is the myna and its national religion is Sunni Islam.

Rendang and Pala is ranked 275,869^th in the world and 6^th in The Axis of Evil for Nicest Citizens, with 5.02 average smiles per day.