The Republic of Peter the-Hermit is a mammoth, safe nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, democratic population of 7.44 billion Peter the-Hermitians 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 relatively small, moralistic government prioritizes Law & Order, although Education, Defense, and Social Policy are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality are ignored. The average income tax rate is 22.7%.

The strong Peter the-Hermitian economy, worth 526 trillion rubles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 70,703 rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Demand for night vision goggles and boat engine mufflers has spiked, doctors refer to inner-cities as newbie zones, sniffer dogs are trained to follow clouds of fruity-smelling vapor, and military spending is on the increase. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Peter the-Hermit's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Peter the-Hermit is ranked 257,938^th in the world and 19^th in Antiochs for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -3.58 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.