The Dominion of Peldamo is a very large, cultured nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, ban on automobiles, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 309 million Peldamala are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Timbrenting. The average income tax rate is 78.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Peldalillo economy, worth 17.4 trillion pennies a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,253 pennies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Transgender and agender are on the education agenda, at least 1% of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs budget goes to Leader's wardrobe, the tax agency is feared more than serial killers and terrorists, and giggling elementary school newspaper reporters want to know why Leader is a silly poophead. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Peldamo's national animal is the bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Peldamo is ranked 203,942^nd in the world and 433^rd in Saint Osmund for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 53.42 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.