The Pirate Commune of Panthalasia is a massive, genial nation, notable for its digital currency, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.278 billion Panthalasians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Panthalassia. The average income tax rate is 66.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Panthalasian economy, worth 35.5 trillion kilobytes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 27,809 kilobytes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation was recently voted "most likely to betray its allies", the Federal Council of Panthalasia has been announced as the new Head of State, viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows, and the government is more interested in identifying problems than fixing them. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Panthalasia's national animal is the protogen, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Panthalasia is ranked 36,985^th in the world and 1,888^th in Balder for Safest, scoring 106.68 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.