The Rogue Nation of Parasites and Leeches is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 1.861 billion Parasites and Leechesians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 56.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Parasites and Leechesian economy, worth 15.3 trillion Commendations a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Pizza Delivery, Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 8,245 Commendations, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Organ donation is compulsory, surveillance cameras are banned, machine-peeled candied grapes come in individual packaging for the busy commuter, and voting is voluntary. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Parasites and Leeches's national animal is the worms.

Parasites and Leeches is ranked 249,203^rd in the world and 1,339^th in the Outback for Most Cultured, scoring 63 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.