The Community of Penrynn is a large, genial nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, smutty television, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 149 million Rynians 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 85.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Rynian economy, worth 4.91 trillion tokens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 32,980 tokens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The sound of wooden legs echo throughout Penrynn after the recent introduction of the Foot Tax, entomologists flock to Penrynn City for its remarkable gadfly population, computers are used primarily for word processing and solitaire, and phone taps are frequently carried out by the police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Penrynn's national animal is the salamander, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Penrynn is ranked 98,420^th in the world and 76^th in Squeaky Squeakers for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,352.45 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.