The Dominion of PugMetal is a small, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 36 million PugMetalians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 36.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The developing PugMetalian economy, worth 918 billion marks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 25,511 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is illegal to make racist remarks in public, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, and calling dibs is an unalienable right. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. PugMetal's national animal is the Centaur .

PugMetal is ranked 186,144^th in the world and 666^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Corrupt Governments, with 2.28 kickbacks per hour.