The Armed Republic of Purisect is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, aversion to nipples, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 2.798 billion Purisectians 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 enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rence. The average income tax rate is 89.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Purisectian economy, worth 353 trillion Separats a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Cheese Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 126,363 Separats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Reporters often lose their jobs over fact-checking errors, teens are voting on which C-List pop star will be next to be evicted from the opera house, the thin blue line is composed of picketing police officers demanding better pensions, and condos feature wall-mounted cages containing endangered animals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Purisect's national animal is the Canis dirus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Purisect is ranked 22,927^th in the world and 606^th in the South Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 949.77 pounds of wildlife per square mile.