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The Snowy yet delightful world of Pingu is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Pingu with a fair hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-working, democratic population of 16.099 billion Penguins live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Education, although Defense, Public Transport, and Environment are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Amundsen. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.5%.

The very strong Pinguan economy, worth 595 trillion Minoan tala a year, is quite specialized and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Soda Sales, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 36,962 Minoan tala, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 106,770 per year while the poor average 10,150, a ratio of 10.5 to 1.

Suburban backyards are seized by the government and turned into national parks, there have been reports of people marrying housepets, children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again, and corporate lawyers are switching careers to the more lucrative field of green politics. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Pingu's national animal is the fish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Pingu is ranked 234,613^th in the world and 29^th in Antarctica for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.16 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.