The Armed Republic of Purisect is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 2.718 billion Purisectians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rence. The average income tax rate is 87.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Purisectian economy, worth 346 trillion Separats a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Cheese Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 127,307 Separats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's faithful often say there is a higher power watching over them, a rolling news ticker tape of disclaimers runs across the bottom of the screen on all TV shows, city workers have declared that rolling markets aren't good for business after all, and those who cut young children are told to cut it out. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Purisect's national animal is the Canis dirus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Purisect is ranked 24,535^th in the world and 548^th in the South Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 86.42 law-abiding acts per hour.