The Republic of The Psittacines is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Chimken with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 12.033 billion Psittacinesians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of City of Aves. The average income tax rate is 87.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Psittacinesian economy, worth a remarkable 2,060 trillion Pellets a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 171,218 Pellets, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The breathalyser pledge is a traditional part of marriages in The Psittacines, nine-year-olds are discovering that they can grow gardens in real life too, a sledgehammer and a spray can are seen as the default tools of political debate, and gun-wielding gangsters sometimes deal death from as far as ten paces away. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Psittacines's national animal is the Sun Parakeet, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Featherism.

The Psittacines is ranked 5,483^rd in the world and 13^th in Conch Kingdom for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 7,922.37 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.