The State of Pukaskwam is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its absence of drug laws, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 24.756 billion Pukaskwamians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.5%.

The strong Pukaskwamian economy, worth 628 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is highly specialized and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 25,371 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 172,497 per year while the poor average 1,363, a ratio of 126 to 1.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, the land is famous throughout the region for its rampant lawlessness, students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, and Pukaskwam has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Pukaskwam's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pukaskwam is ranked 41,576^th in the world and 1^st in Port Moresby for Most Primitive, scoring 61.4 on the Scary Big Number Scale.