The Republic of Pen Blanityion is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by The President with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, digital currency, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 9.888 billion Pen Blanityionians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Oldshade. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Pen Blanityionian economy, worth a remarkable 2,939 trillion PB$s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 297,300 PB$s, with the richest citizens earning 7.7 times as much as the poorest.

Newspaper stories fill several pages with colorful adjectives, cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates, male cubicle workers stand up every time a woman enters the room, and the optimally efficient parking strategy for business commuters is referred to as the "traveling salesman problem". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Pen Blanityion's national animal is the Dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Pen Blanityion is ranked 47,889^th in the world and 158^th in Europe for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 4,683.74 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.