The Golden Oil State of Petrostan is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Presidente Bruce Doe with an iron fist, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, smutty television, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 2.25 billion Petrostanis are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Great Psenegrad. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 27.5%.

The very strong Petrostani economy, worth 173 trillion Troes a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Gambling. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is 76,942 Troes, with the richest citizens earning 8.0 times as much as the poorest.

Petrostan is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, creative compliance measures ensure that high-ranking officials live in luxury while the country's coffers collect cobwebs, many of the country's largest dumps can be seen from space, and government officials are phoning up good-looking celebrities to say they want to breed with them. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Petrostan's national animal is the Hog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is oil trade.

Petrostan is ranked 329,704^th in the world and 298^th in The Sacred Elite for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring -18.44 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.