The Free Land of Poissonville is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 869 million Poissonvilleans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 19.1%.

The sizeable but inefficient Poissonvillean economy, worth 31.8 trillion moras a year, is quite specialized and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 36,552 moras, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Polygamy is legal, schoolchildren are divided over Leader's "Why Tigers are Cooler than Lions" speech, scientists earn more grant money for reproducing old experiments than trying anything new, and bins outnumber trees in city parks. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Poissonville's national animal is the fish, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Poissonville is ranked 276,684^th in the world and 11^th in The Storage Foundation for Highest Average Incomes, with 36,552.41 Standard Monetary Units.