The Armed Republic of Petroli is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Yuriy Tarasov with an iron fist, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, sprawling nuclear power plants, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.467 billion Petrolians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Industry also on the agenda, while Welfare and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Makarov Square. The average income tax rate is 48.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Petrolian economy, worth 729 trillion Petrolas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 210,517 Petrolas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The police think a properly conducted criminal investigation is a real pain, bars are packed at all hours, garbage bags floating down the river are churned up by man-made rapids, and international trade can be a pain to deal with. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Petroli's national animal is the Scorpion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Chemistry.

Petroli is ranked 52,055^th in the world and 114^th in Confederation of Corrupt Dictators for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,798.29 on the Gilded Widget Scale.