The United Kingdom of Praenestia is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Praenestis Lord Protector with an iron fist, and notable for its otherworldly petting zoo, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 28.524 billion Praenestians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Theiapolis. The average income tax rate is 73.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Praenestian economy, worth a remarkable 7,077 trillion Royalmarks a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 248,123 Royalmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There has been a series of riots between local cannibals and health food advocates, being sent to collections is more dangerous than ever, weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them, and invasive drug testing is now performed at elementary school sports days. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Praenestia's national animal is the Dire Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Ultra Catholicism.

Praenestia is ranked 6,899^th in the world and 386^th in Lazarus for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 486.67 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.