The Armed Republic of Purisect is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its ritual sacrifices, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 2.873 billion Purisectians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rence. The average income tax rate is 90.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Purisectian economy, worth 342 trillion Separats a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 119,131 Separats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There are no longer any roads less traveled, woke teenagers spontaneously burst into tears when thinking about the world's woes, old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones, and traffic cops spend most of their work-hours calculating citizens' monthly income. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Purisect's national animal is the Canis dirus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Purisect is ranked 146,490^th in the world and 2,921^st in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 66.9 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.