The Drummer of Peter Alcorn is a mammoth, orderly nation, notable for its prohibition of alcohol, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 6.648 billion Peter Alcornians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 29.4%.

The very strong Peter Alcornian economy, worth 471 trillion golds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 70,983 golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

It takes months to get the proper permits for a child's first tricycle, citizens receive notices of disenfranchisement along with their parking tickets, children in school playgrounds can be heard chanting the hymns of the Order of Violet, and the army insists there is nothing gay about men in uniforms rolling in the mud. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Peter Alcorn's national animal is the pirate.

Peter Alcorn is ranked 165,162^nd in the world and 369^th in The Blades for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 647.74 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.