The United States of Pelsakeia is a tiny, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 8 million Pelsakians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The tiny, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 8.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Pelsakien economy, worth 494 billion Western Drams a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Soda Sales, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 61,851 Western Drams, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Foreign ambassadors closely guard their culinary secrets, unruly families are deliberately marooned on desert islands, the government sends submarines to retrieve bodies from shipwrecked submarines, and a suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League. Crime is almost non-existent. Pelsakeia's national animal is the Bezoar Ibex, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Pelsakeia is ranked 124,490^th in the world and 954^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,165.11 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.