The Socialist People's Republic of Prackin Kelew is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Leader with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and smutty television. The compassionate, cheerful population of 7.88 billion Prackin Kelewians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Prackin Kelew City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Prackin Kelewian economy, worth a remarkable 1,562 trillion deniers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 198,315 deniers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling", the nationalised Arms Manufacturing Industry is not interested in making weapons, the new intercity submarine SSN Swan Warrior instills terror in claustrophobic travellers, and the carbon footprint falls along with the human footprint during war. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Prackin Kelew's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Prackin Kelew is ranked 330,927^th in the world and 2,702^nd in the West Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -28.34 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.