The Theocracy of Mount Pelion is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Chiron with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, ritual sacrifices, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.896 billion Pelionians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Moly. The average income tax rate is 66.8%.

The sizeable but inefficient Mount Pelionian economy, worth 64.7 trillion drachmas a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,141 drachmas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Ministers browse Alright! magazine for fashion tips, the government puts forth the claim that harming young girls is wrong, wind farms are erected on shuttered oil platforms, and the government maintains that belief brings greater security than money or a roof. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mount Pelion's national animal is the Bull, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The People of Mount Pelion.

Mount Pelion is ranked 225,940^th in the world and 2^nd in Albunea for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 48.52 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.