The Liberties of Panther is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Mournful Throne with a fair hand, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 11.779 billion Panthers are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Via Dolorosa. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Pantherine economy, worth a remarkable 5,044 trillion black marks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 428,299 black marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Most citizens in Panther are abject pyrophobes after extremely graphic pamphlets were mailed nationwide by the government, one tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber, retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, and fifteen-year-olds cannot walk younger siblings to school without a professional Childcare and Education Certificate. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Panther's national animal is the Panthère Noire, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Jaguar Sun.

Panther is ranked 292,241^st in the world and 146^th in South Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -48.54 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.