The United Islands of Republic of Perlas Oriente is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by President Joselito Palma Montez with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, digital currency, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 1.125 billion Orientals are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Perlas. The average income tax rate is 70.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Oriental economy, worth 126 trillion Pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 112,471 Pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Many mayors are barely in office before being kicked out for minor parking violations, every microwave and toaster is being disassembled and probed by inspectors, getting an abortion takes less hassle than writing a letter, and a suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Republic of Perlas Oriente's national animal is the Oriental Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Republic of Perlas Oriente is ranked 268,020^th in the world and 771^st in Concord for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -8.72 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.