The Republic of Palmtree is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Flippy the Palmtree with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, complete lack of prisons, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 6.215 billion Palmtree peoples are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of 29 Palms. The average income tax rate is 95.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Palmtreean economy, worth 988 trillion Pound Sterlings a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 159,085 Pound Sterlings, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pareidolic SETI scientists swear there's a message from aliens hidden within pi, the art of conversation has been rediscovered, the military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan, and carpet bombing has decimated Brasilistan's landscape and population. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Palmtree's national animal is the Marbled Duck, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Athyism.

Palmtree is ranked 5,024^th in the world and 1^st in Palmtrees Place for Lowest Crime Rates, with 116.37 law-abiding acts per hour.