The Republic of Purple Island Paradise 9 is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and suspicion of poets. The quiet, industrious population of 3.738 billion Purple Island Paradise 9ians 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 Welfare, Spirituality, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 38.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Purple Island Paradise 9ian economy, worth 125 trillion Cuwens a year, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 33,680 Cuwens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Major corporations receive tax breaks for no apparent reason, the right to free speech is being drastically curtailed, Harry Potter books are banned, and euthanasia is legal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Purple Island Paradise 9's national animal is the Alligator, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Purple Island Paradise 9 is ranked 89,184^th in the world and 2^nd in Cold Harbour for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 2,873.8 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.