The Republic of Pelleque is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Edward Primeau with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, avant-garde cinema, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 16.962 billion Pellequeans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cressac. The average income tax rate is 56.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Pellequean economy, worth a remarkable 1,055 trillion Dewells a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 62,222 Dewells, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Airplane passengers who purchase "basic economy" tickets are often assigned seats in the lavatory, Edward Primeau's new android secretary is the latest media darling, eating kids as food has been enshrined in law, and troublemakers boast about how many times they have to visit their therapist. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pelleque's national animal is the Elk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Pelleque is ranked 249,904^th in the world and 4^th in Poschomenia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.03 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.