The Protectorate of Khal Papax is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Nolan Alder with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 1.757 billion Khal Papaxians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maiport. The average income tax rate is 25.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Khal Papaxian economy, worth 97.6 trillion Scrobles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 55,534 Scrobles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Innocent defendants often plead guilty for fear of receiving a much harsher sentence before jury, elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, libraries are bulldozed to make way for internet cafés, and there's no cure or sympathy for the common cold. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Khal Papax's national animal is the Papaxian Macaques, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Khal Papax is ranked 89,844^th in the world and 2,320^th in the South Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50.5 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.