The United Tribes of Petea is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Arii Nui Tuʻāmui II with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, keen interest in outer space, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 9.685 billion Pētea enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pūtaputapu. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 71.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Pētea economy, worth a remarkable 1,543 trillion Tāras a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 159,362 Tāras, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 481,688 per year while the poor average 41,051, a ratio of 11.7 to 1.

Lobotomies haven't been the same after the practice was severed, passengers often cause a stink on public transport, foreigners "adopt" rotund Tropicbirds to line the pockets of wildlife sanctuaries, and the country is preparing for war. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Petea's national animal is the Tropicbird, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Pētea Animism.

Petea is ranked 17,786^th in the world and 440^th in the South Pacific for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 5,068.57 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.