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The New Martial Empire of American Pere Housh is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Emperor Alexander I with an iron fist, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, otherworldly petting zoo, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 12.718 billion Pere Houshians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Education also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dallas. The average income tax rate is 81.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pere Houshian economy, worth a remarkable 2,539 trillion Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Tourism. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 199,691 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pere Houshian doors require a Ph.D. to open, umbrellas are back in fashion, recent events have left citizens both shaken and stirred, and military spending recently hit a new high. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. American Pere Housh's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

American Pere Housh is ranked 308,816^th in the world and 259^th in Commonwealth of Sovereign States for Most Primitive, scoring -438.42 on the Scary Big Number Scale.