The Pubs of Parkplace is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its unlimited-speed roads, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 47.493 billion Parkplacians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Environment, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of ParrrrTay City. The average income tax rate is 81.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Parkplacian economy, worth a remarkable 4,203 trillion Margaritas a year, is extremely specialized and solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 88,498 Margaritas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Drugs containing the compound "oleum de serpens" are being sold to cancer patients, a third of Parkplacians are e-certified CEOs, would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here", and the wheel has been patented by at least a hundred people. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Parkplace's national animal is the Himalayan cat, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Parkplace is ranked 330,722^nd in the world and 154^th in Canada for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -26.7 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.