The State of Pale Horse is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and renowned for its absence of drug laws, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 20.578 billion Pale Horseans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.7%.

The very strong Pale Horsean economy, worth 862 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 41,908 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 284,927 per year while the poor average 2,251, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Voting is voluntary, citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, Pale Horse has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Pale Horse in an international press conference. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Pale Horse's national animal is the deer.

Pale Horse is ranked 89,635^th in the world and 201^st in Ancient Lands for Most Primitive, scoring 14.14 on the Scary Big Number Scale.