The Kingdom of Pandect is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Big Chief Iasion Asztalos with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, unlimited-speed roads, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 23.327 billion Pandectites have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The tiny, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arkhonia. The average income tax rate is 4.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pandectian economy, worth a remarkable 4,653 trillion XDS a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 199,474 XDS, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Sales of trenchcoats are on the rise, the subway is dead quiet in early afternoons, children seem to be getting better at lying these days, and rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Pandect's national animal is the black panther, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Parduism.

Pandect is ranked 39,860^th in the world and 12^th in Independent Order for Lowest Crime Rates, with 77.75 law-abiding acts per hour.