The Inescapable Nightmare of The Prison is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Warden Rust with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 3.262 billion Prisoners 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Prison Delta. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 53.7%.

The very strong Prisoner economy, worth 260 trillion Guard Uniforms a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Trout Farming, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 79,896 Guard Uniforms, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 282,808 per year while the poor average 16,297, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Pet loving officers arrest citizens who don't give their dogs enough biscuits, patriots insist that size does matter, no animal is considered endangered if there's another that looks kind of like it, and the phrase "you might think that but I couldn't possibly comment" is the closest you'll get to a straight answer from Prisoner politicians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. The Prison's national animal is the Caged Rat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is False Hope.

The Prison is ranked 172,485^th in the world and 1^st in The Prison Cell for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 111.65 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.