The Theocracy of Falling Petals is a large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 167 million Petals are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 19.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Petalian economy, worth 8.72 trillion Seeds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 52,189 Seeds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

More and more musicians are refusing to put labels on their sound, suit-clad businessmen have been taking advantage of the relaxed welfare qualifications by shopping with food stamps, smoking is banned in public areas, and cars are banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Falling Petals's national animal is the Bee, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Falling Petals is ranked 109,494^th in the world and 1,091^st in the West Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 42,169.14 Standard Monetary Units.