The Royal Commonwealth of Primeva is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Queen Signe with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 5.636 billion Primevans 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, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Orania. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23.0%.

The very strong Primevan economy, worth 443 trillion skillings a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 78,614 skillings, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 263,129 per year while the poor average 17,453, a ratio of 15.1 to 1.

Military strategists are questioning the wisdom of subsidizing the economies of sworn enemies, citizens are expected to be proficient in at least five languages, fireworks and other big bangs are forbidden during the newest public holiday, and the media only bothers polling the three most exclusive country clubs in the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Primeva's national animal is the dolphin and its national religion is the National Lutheran Church of Primeva.

Primeva is ranked 56,796^th in the world and 2^nd in Meillur for Largest Black Market, with 11.2 trillion Standard Monetary Units.