The Allied States of Pealanx is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, keen interest in outer space, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 803 million Pealanxians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.5%.

The very strong Pealanxian economy, worth 51.6 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 64,293 dollars, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 368,098 per year while the poor average 5,421, a ratio of 67.9 to 1.

Children get arrested for floating paper boats on lakes, Scout campfire sing-a-longs tend to focus on the evils of antitrust legislation, the backs of 'No Trespassing' signs were made for you and me, and kids these days know how to throw a proper punch. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Pealanx's national animal is the porpoise, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Pealanx is ranked 38,588^th in the world and 1,410^th in Osiris for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 5,582.67 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.