The Land of Pubs is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Bartender with a fair hand, and remarkable for its absence of drug laws, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-working, democratic population of 24.813 billion Drinkers hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The minute, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Industry, although Public Transport is also considered important, while Defense and Law & Order are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pubtown. The average income tax rate is 5.9%.

The strong Drinker economy, worth 840 trillion Beers a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 33,860 Beers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Grazing lands are filled with cattle wearing odd-looking anti-pollution devices, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, the upper class have been throwing riots after hunting was recently banned, and many newspapers agree that the government's ban on cars to combat reckless driving was "a tad excessive". Crime is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Pubs's national animal is the badger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Alcoholism.

Pubs is ranked 224,237^th in the world and 1^st in Scotland for Safest, scoring 24.62 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.