The Free Land of Summer Palace is a titanic, cultured nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, daily referendums, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-working, devout population of 13.001 billion Summer Palaceans 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, Administration, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 19.9%.

The very strong Summer Palacean economy, worth 846 trillion Seeds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 65,140 Seeds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Every fourth child is born with flippers instead of hands, the children of Summer Palace are often remarked upon for their cheery attitude to extreme violence, sweet-toothed Summer Palaceans have been left penniless by the VAT on candy, and vile black smog from coal power plants has enveloped several major urban centres. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Summer Palace's national animal is the Saint Fiacre, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Summer Palace is ranked 153,779^th in the world and 6^th in Card Gardens for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 912.5 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.