The People's Republic of Pennsilfaani is a small, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, parental licensing program, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 26 million Pennsilfaanier enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 69.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Pennsilfaanian economy, worth 1.08 trillion Deitschmarks 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 major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. Average income is 41,372 Deitschmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The thrash metal version of the national anthem is topping charts, things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication, government-sanctioned speed mating is rife with Party-sanctioned abuse of power, and rumor has it that Leader has won three lotteries in a row. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pennsilfaani's national animal is the Distelfink, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pennsilfaani is ranked 27,773^rd in the world and 425^th in The Leftist Assembly for Nicest Citizens, with 20.7 average smiles per day.