The Commonwealth of Second Provania is a huge, safe nation, ruled by Prime Minister Donelda del Wapello with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 946 million Provanians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Puerto de La Santa Dolores. The average income tax rate is 84.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Provanian economy, worth 80.4 trillion Becks 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 84,997 Becks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The wealthiest parts of the country receive the most government spending, drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government, anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, and one-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Second Provania's national animal is the Common Black Hatcat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Second Provania is ranked 144,393^rd in the world and 7,103^rd in The North Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 1,084.07 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.