The People's Nation of Pelagon is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by National Congress of Syndicates with an even hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, soft-spoken computers, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cheerful population of 6.244 billion Pelagians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atlantis. The average income tax rate is 97.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Pelagian economy, worth a remarkable 1,903 trillion drachmas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 304,874 drachmas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The volume of paperwork used to complete a single environmental assessment defeats the purpose, roaming gangsters have been replaced by roaming drunkards, bin lorries have replaced birds as the source of the dawn chorus, and the government is continually probing the galaxy in search of alien life. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pelagon's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Nationalism.

Pelagon is ranked 1,189^th in the world and 5^th in Conch Kingdom for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 993.46 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.