The Laser-Wielding Commune of Intergalactic Penguins is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Arthur C Squawk with a fair hand, and notable for its national health service, smutty television, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 31.413 billion Intergalactic Penguins hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of the Pillar of Winter. The average income tax rate is 82.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Intergalactic Penguinist economy, worth a remarkable 9,886 trillion Babelfish a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 314,734 Babelfish, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has little issue with allowing its citizens to languish in foreign jails, Arthur C Squawk lives life on the open road - complete with groupies, the "temporary replacement bus service" is now a permanent fixture, and with increasingly clear skies nobody seems to mind the electricity bill going through the roof. Crime is totally unknown. Intergalactic Penguins's national animal is the Squidmoth, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Hothism.

Intergalactic Penguins is ranked 331,483^rd in the world and 16^th in Pony Lands for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -29.38 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.