The United Islands of Republic of Perlas Oriente is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by President Joselito Palma Montez with an even hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 1.185 billion Orientals are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Perlas. The average income tax rate is 72.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Oriental economy, worth 131 trillion Pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 110,659 Pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dog owners proudly declare that their pups can predict when the mailman will arrive, ministers are now allowed to put suggestions in the governmental suggestion box, foreign nations often blame poverty and terrorism on Oriental selfishness, and the government is washing its hands of alleged corruption. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Republic of Perlas Oriente's national animal is the Oriental Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Republic of Perlas Oriente is ranked 12,665^th in the world and 36^th in Concord for Safest, scoring 118.19 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.