The People's Republic of Impale is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory vegetarianism, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 555 million Impaleans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 82.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Impalean economy, worth 70.4 trillion Industrial Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 126,848 Industrial Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There is a law against "filthy foreign food", bizarre-looking creatures called 'Iron Elkdogs' dominate wildlife preserves, the countryside is shrouded by wind farms, and the nation's diplomats are all talk and no action. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Impale's national animal is the Iron Elk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Impale is ranked 7,840^th in the world and 428^th in Lazarus for Most Secular, with 96.72 Atheism Rate.