The Power of Puce is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy and complete lack of prisons. The hard-working population of 44.707 billion Puceans 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Social Policy. The average income tax rate is 42.1%.

The Pucean economy, worth a remarkable 1,947 trillion scarabs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 43,565 scarabs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Puce's national animal is the beetle.

Puce is ranked 179,436^th in the world and 5^th in 100 Nations of Conquest for Lowest Crime Rates, with 58.47 law-abiding acts per hour.