The Confederacy of Pakilastarikenasternstan is a large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 154 million Stanians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 78.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Pakilstanian economy, worth 4.22 trillion Copper Logs 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 Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 27,417 Copper Logs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military spending is on the increase, dogs are encouraged to confront the psychodynamic roots of their desire to be "good boys", there is an abondance of ackawi and zartschmelzend in every Pakilstanian grocery store, and parents who try to organize playdates for their kids have police drop through their ceilings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pakilastarikenasternstan's national animal is the Unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pakilastarikenasternstan is ranked 275,902^nd in the world and 623^rd in Horizon for Most Developed, scoring 50.15 on the Human Development Index.