The Ice Bear of Petronellania is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Ice Bear with an even hand, and remarkable for its digital currency, daily referendums, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 4.555 billion Nellans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Clark Aquilonia and Valeria. The average income tax rate is 98.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Nellan economy, worth 944 trillion Nellan Dollars a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 207,261 Nellan Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Unstable couples are known to break up over which one gets parental leave, the nation's leader is normally just referred to as "snuggle-wuggle-huggy-bear", artists are pillars of society, and citizens tint their front windows to avoid starring in the 'TV Detector Patrol Unit' documentary. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Petronellania's national animal is the White Bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity.

Petronellania is ranked 11,224^th in the world and 322^nd in The North Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 65.5 flags saluted per person per day.