The Dragon Kingdoms of Pantala and Pyrrhia is a huge, genial nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 573 million dragons 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, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Environment, Administration, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Defense receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thirnoe. The average income tax rate is 69.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Pantala and Pyrrhian economy, worth 48.1 trillion Gold Coins a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 83,917 Gold Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Satellite images show safe electoral constituencies in complete darkness, the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, advertisers scramble to sponsor the broadcast of Leader's most personal functions, and hedge fund managers are diversifying into herbaceous borders. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pantala and Pyrrhia's national animal is the Scavenger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pantala and Pyrrhia is ranked 192,190^th in the world and 170^th in Refugia for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring -4.58 on the Hickory Productivity Index.