The Isle of Perceu is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Gláucio Verde with an even hand, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, feral children, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 11.216 billion Percenese 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Environment, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Porto Ventoso. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 43.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Percenese economy, worth a remarkable 1,954 trillion dobras a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Gambling, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 174,268 dobras, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 545,644 per year while the poor average 42,676, a ratio of 12.8 to 1.

Victims of crime are viewed as less trustworthy than politicians, this summer's chart-toppers sound almost the same as last year's, no-one ever lasts longer than a week on a life support machine, and the police are destroying all photographic evidence of their own existence. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Perceu's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Perceu is ranked 286,824^th in the world and 190^th in The Western Isles for Safest, scoring 4.9 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.