The Kingdom of Parcylan is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by King Stephen with a fair hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 6.459 billion Parcylan boyos enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cat City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 54.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Parcylanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,024 trillion Bob a Jobs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 158,572 Bob a Jobs, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 663,029 per year while the poor average 24,719, a ratio of 26.8 to 1.

Retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, cities are engulfed by smog, government ministers claim to ride dragons to work, and no one questions why the chicken crossed the road anymore. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Parcylan's national animal is the Amber Cat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Church of Latter Day Plonkers.

Parcylan is ranked 26,662^nd in the world and 25^th in Yggdrasil for Safest, scoring 110.39 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.