The Republic of Personal Incredulity is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its prohibition of alcohol, frequent executions, and compulsory vegetarianism. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.71 billion Personal Incredulityians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 74.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Personal Incredulityian economy, worth a remarkable 1,385 trillion Object Permanences a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 179,648 Object Permanences, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Court verdicts are predictable to within a hundredth of a percentage point, riots have broken out as a water shortage threatens Personal Incredulity's stability, former slaves find themselves being herded onto ships once more, and newly-privatized lumberjacks are clearcutting the forest to meet demand. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Personal Incredulity's national animal is the Question Mark, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Personal Incredulity is ranked 282,413^th in the world and 817^th in Eye for Safest, scoring 6.11 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.