The Thermoplastic Polymer of Polyethylene terephthalate is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, strictly enforced bedtime, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 16.357 billion Polyethylene terephthalateans 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 14.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Polyethylene terephthalatean economy, worth a remarkable 1,920 trillion C10H8O4s a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Retail. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 117,397 C10H8O4s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

More sidewalk is dedicated to animals than people, parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend, holidays are regarded as the most miserable time of the year, and Leader's peyote-induced "let's all just be friends" speech is trending world-wide. Crime is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Polyethylene terephthalate's national animal is the Carbon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Polyethylene terephthalate is ranked 3,139^th in the world and 4^th in Lone Wolves United for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 12,382.71 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.