The United Socialist States of Greater Panlandia is a very large, socially progressive nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 132 million Greater Panlandians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.8%.

The very strong Greater Panlandian economy, worth 6.76 trillion Gums a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 51,209 Gums, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 212,791 per year while the poor average 8,067, a ratio of 26.4 to 1.

The government has officially clarified that "wee on your hands to save time" does not count as proper hygiene, anti-government web sites are springing up, Greater Panlandia's soft-touch approach to diplomacy has made it known as the 'push-over' of the region, and the nation is automatically assumed to be the source of all unmarked weapons. Crime is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Greater Panlandia's national animal is the Canary, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Greater Panlandia is ranked 257,467^th in the world and 256^th in The Union of Democratic States for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring -3.16 on the Gilded Widget Scale.