The Republic of Pridonye is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 765 million Pridonyeans 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rostov on Don. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 25.1%.

The strong Pridonyean economy, worth 36.4 trillion Roubles a year, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 47,596 Roubles, with the richest citizens earning 9.8 times as much as the poorest.

Attendance of fathers at PTA meetings is at an all-time high, the "Dreadnowt" is the pride and joy of the Pridonyean Navy, a National Academy regulates grammar and usage, and oilmen are in the business of greasing people's palms. Crime is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pridonye's national animal is the Elk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Pridonye is ranked 66,935^th in the world and 3^rd in Suvo for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 4,480.56 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.