The People's Republic of Impale is a very large, efficient nation, notable for its frequent executions, complete lack of prisons, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 452 million Impaleans 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 large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 79.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Impalean economy, worth 55.5 trillion Industrial Marks 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 122,683 Industrial Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Games of cops and robbers typically end in at least one fatal shooting, the native owl population is in permanent hibernation, turning the other cheek is accompanied by a polite letter of complaint, and several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Impale's national animal is the Iron Elk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Impale is ranked 40,478^th in the world and 2,225^th in Lazarus for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,270.46 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.