The Oppressed Peoples of Priastheus is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its burgeoning elephant population. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 5.412 billion Priastheusians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 41.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Priastheusian economy, worth 213 trillion deniers a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Furniture Restoration, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 39,381 deniers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Priastheus's national animal is the elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Priastheus is ranked 201,761^st in the world and 3^rd in Bootana Hutta for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -3.16 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.