The United Tribes of Petea is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Ariki Heikura with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 4.449 billion Pētea are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The medium-sized, liberal, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pūtaputapu. The average income tax rate is 74.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pētea economy, worth 609 trillion Tāras a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 137,095 Tāras, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Petea's Medieval Faire is renowned as one of the best in the region, homophobia is off the menu, 'A is for Annulment' is a popular children's song, and all statues and paintings of dogs are being destroyed to avoid offending cat-lovers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Petea's national animal is the Tropicbird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Pētea Animism.

Petea is ranked 6,738^th in the world and 181^st in the South Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 57.82 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.