The Sementes of Pevides is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Comité Semental with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 10.033 billion Pevideses are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 85.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Pevidesian economy, worth a remarkable 1,315 trillion Pevides a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 131,105 Pevides, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 383,570 per year while the poor average 35,367, a ratio of 10.8 to 1.

Prosecutors routinely call transplant doctors as 'expert witnesses' in burglary cases, children complain that school food is too flavorful, orphans would rather live their life of luxury than be adopted by prospective parents, and citizens tint their front windows to avoid starring in the 'TV Detector Patrol Unit' documentary. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pevides's national animal is the Melon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Pevides is ranked 313,934^th in the world and 6^th in Portugal de Esquerda for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -10.58 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.