The People's Republic of El Pasaran is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its ritual sacrifices, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 582 million El Pasaranians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, although Environment, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Costa Del Barca. The average income tax rate is 71.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong El Pasaranian economy, worth 50.9 trillion pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is 87,484 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy', the government sends submarines to retrieve bodies from shipwrecked submarines, the right to counsel goes both ways, and many whiskies taste suspiciously like automobile radiators. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. El Pasaran's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

El Pasaran is ranked 296,131^st in the world and 1,150^th in Europeia for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 23.64 on the Bus Surprisal Index.