The Democratic Republic of Putzilvania is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Schmendick Johnson with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.192 billion Putzilvanians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Magrittemore. The average income tax rate is 96.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Putzilvanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,255 trillion filthy-lucres a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 153,240 filthy-lucres, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Unemployed accountants keep double-entry ledgers of their benefit claims, government officials are held to the highest standard of morality, fraternities are rejoicing at government-subsidized partying, and the nation locks people up and tells them they're mad for compassion's sake. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Putzilvania's national animal is the Big-Headed Crow, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Neutrality.

Putzilvania is ranked 304,819^th in the world and 4,577^th in The North Pacific for Fattest Citizens, with 3.18 Obesity Rate.