The Eternal Sorrow of Sad Penguin is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Sad Penguin with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls and daily referendums. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 9.43 billion Sad Penguinians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Viperis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 35.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Sad Penguinian economy, worth 919 trillion doge coins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 97,536 doge coins, with the richest citizens earning 6.1 times as much as the poorest.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, criminals and college students are taking an interest in the government's new weed-killing program, bizarre-looking creatures called 'penguindogs' dominate wildlife preserves, and genetic research has been halted. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sad Penguin's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Nihilism.

Sad Penguin is ranked 28,030^th in the world and 10^th in Top Hat Kingdom for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 63,008.51 Standard Monetary Units.