The Dominion of PennyPinchers is a large, orderly nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 67 million PennyPinchersians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Industry, Education, and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Social Policy aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.5%.

The all-consuming PennyPinchersian economy, worth 6.26 trillion Pennies a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 93,437 Pennies, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 456,693 per year while the poor average 10,982, a ratio of 41.6 to 1.

Naturists are jailed regularly for indecent exposure, 9 out of 10 consumers think that vitamins can cure cancer, biological warfare is used to solve small disagreements, and heavily-armed commandos play rock-paper-scissors over whether to execute criminals and foreign visitors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. PennyPinchers's national animal is the penguin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

PennyPinchers is ranked 253,509^th in the world and 147^th in Byzantion for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -6.32 on the Clooney Contribution Index.