The Happily Swearing Pod of Palentine Dolphins is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its unlimited-speed roads, complete lack of public education, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 6.494 billion Palentine Dolphinsians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, pro-business government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order and Industry are also considered important, while Welfare and Environment receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.0%.

The very strong Palentine Dolphinsian economy, worth 435 trillion herrings a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Gambling. Average income is 67,108 herrings, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 442,755 per year while the poor average 3,939, a ratio of 112 to 1.

The nation's massive battleships are often mistaken for islands, pristine wilderness has been trashed in the quest for cheaper oil, citizens live in superstitious fear of the mysterious glowing clouds that float over Palentine Dolphins, and mining safety laws are often more expensive than what's being mined. Crime is moderate. Palentine Dolphins's national animal is the porpoise, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Palentine Dolphins is ranked 288,631^st in the world and 26^th in Antarctic Oasis for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring -4.47 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.