The Dominion of Petrolanzandia is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by King Auton von Boton IVIVIVIVIVIVIVIVIVI with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, smutty television, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.41 billion Petrolanzandians 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, 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 Petros Suder. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 28.2%.

The strong Petrolanzandian economy, worth 188 trillion oils a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Cheese Exports, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 55,255 oils, with the richest citizens earning 6.1 times as much as the poorest.

Visions of giant pink oil cows are a common side effect after Petrolanzandians eat their meals, trails to natural wonders are littered with trash from reality film crews, concerned environmentalists wipe away their tears with tissues sourced from Tasmanian old-growth redwoods, and rumours have it that a secret police is responsible for the recent spate of missing persons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Petrolanzandia's national animal is the oil cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Petrolanzandia is ranked 139,794^th in the world and 77^th in Equilism for Most Primitive, scoring -42.43 on the Scary Big Number Scale.