The Fishi factory of Pekichow is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Goat IV with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, devout population of 6.497 billion Pekichowians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tidelia. The average income tax rate is 76.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pekichowian economy, worth 762 trillion Children a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 117,357 Children, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, shopping comes bagged and tagged, lending money has become a major liability, and coffee-addicted citizens look forward to baristas getting their name wrong at local coffee shops. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pekichow's national animal is the Cannibalistic golden retriever, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Abandonment.

Pekichow is ranked 36,700^th in the world and 43^rd in Karma for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 4,977.98 on the Gilded Widget Scale.