The Democratic States of Peachum Bub is a massive, safe nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate population of 1.077 billion Peachum Bubians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 39.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Peachum Bubian economy, worth 40.7 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 37,751 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Newspapers may not print any negative stories about the government, Leader has just been declared ruler of Peachum Bub in an international press conference, centuries-old marble buildings are being torn down and replaced with corrugated steel wind tunnels, and it is mandatory to learn evolution in schools. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Peachum Bub's national animal is the Capybara , which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Peachum Bub is ranked 170,682^nd in the world and 3,410^th in the South Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 414.9 on the Gilded Widget Scale.