The Ever-Expanding Belt of Pantso is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Rosie Leggings with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.07 billion Pantsoans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Denimville. The average income tax rate is 90.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pantsoan economy, worth 432 trillion Pants a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 140,843 Pants, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Healthcare workers are flummoxed over the spike in foreign tourists with sudden-onset heart disease, people make a career out of medical voyeurism, primetime re-runs of The Black and White Minstrel Show are a critical hit, and one does not simply walk into the tundra. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pantso's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Order of the All-Consuming Pants.

Pantso is ranked 173,135^th in the world and 448^th in 10000 Islands for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 185.18 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.