The Reluctant Monarchy of The United Penguin Commonwealth is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Gillerne Tingine with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.572 billion Penguins 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 large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Huddle City. The average income tax rate is 75.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Commonwealthian economy, worth 438 trillion Antarctic Pesos 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 Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 95,938 Antarctic Pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government regularly publishes lengthy reports on its own excessive recordkeeping, the nation is regarded as a paragon of democracy, 100-year-old politicians are now a thing of the past, and crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The United Penguin Commonwealth's national animal is the Antarctic Herring, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

The United Penguin Commonwealth is ranked 28,317^th in the world and 300^th in 10000 Islands for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 6,607.77 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.