The Glorious Socialist Empire of Pupunese is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Glorious Emperor Puino III with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 2.524 billion Pupunesi love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Puputown. The average income tax rate is 88.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pupunese economy, worth 265 trillion Pupunese Golden Coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. Average income is an impressive 105,013 Pupunese Golden Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Gossip magazines have pictures of Glorious Emperor Puino III sunbathing on the beach with political rivals, museums stand half-empty as all foreign exhibits are returned to their countries of origin, military officers are given medals for disobeying orders, and translators are keen to explain feline MPs' claw and ordure policies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pupunese's national animal is the Brown Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Puinist Cult.

Pupunese is ranked 14,042^nd in the world and 277^th in Europe for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,285.49 pounds of wildlife per square mile.