The Federal Socialist Republic of Pangzalia is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Federal Council with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, daily referendums, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.347 billion Pangzalians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of La Mer Jaune. The average income tax rate is 92.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pangzalian economy, worth 444 trillion pangzalian francs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 132,849 pangzalian francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Entomologists flock to La Mer Jaune for its remarkable gadfly population, urban planners beg for just one more lane before bedtime, old folks reminisce about the last time someone was acquitted of a crime, and the nation is devoted to world peas. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pangzalia's national animal is the Cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pangzalia is ranked 8,349^th in the world and 201^st in Europe for Most Developed, scoring 91.65 on the Human Development Index.