The Order of the People's God of Palractus is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the people with an even hand, and notable for its strictly enforced bedtime, compulsory vegetarianism, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless, devout population of 14.187 billion Palractusii 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, moralistic morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hildebrandt. The average income tax rate is 98.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Palractusii economy, worth a remarkable 3,067 trillion duinats a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Basket Weaving, Furniture Restoration, Tourism, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an amazing 216,205 duinats, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 812,591 per year while the poor average 40,157, a ratio of 20.2 to 1.

Cotton candy made from genuine cotton cellulose doesn't quite satisfy, evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, illegal hunting is rife after veganism was recently made compulsory, and The people is refusing to make decisions until the Moon is out of Capricorn. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Palractus's national animal is the heron, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is democracy.

Palractus is ranked 32,321^st in the world and 24^th in Alcris for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 6,722.38 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.