The Seven Time NASCAR Champion of Richard Petty is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Lee Petty with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, unlimited-speed roads, and frequent executions. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 24.438 billion Richard Pettyians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Level Cross NC. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 86.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Richard Pettyian economy, worth a remarkable 5,765 trillion 200 Victorieses a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Soda Sales, Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 235,922 200 Victorieses, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 727,336 per year while the poor average 59,078, a ratio of 12.3 to 1.

Laser-wielding robots are taking aim at human hearts, athletic teenagers are among the wealthiest members of society, glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, and fixing attendance at women's matches is a matter of "when they go low, we go high... funding". Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Richard Petty's national animal is the Seven Time NASCAR Champion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Agnostic Pantheism.

Richard Petty is ranked 1,554^th in the world and 81^st in NationStates for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 16,753.92 on the Gilded Widget Scale.