The People's Republic of Parisimo is a mid-sized, genial nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 93 million Parisimoans 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 enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 77.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Parisimoan economy, worth 4.28 trillion Paras 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 46,031 Paras, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People boast about their low income on their dating profiles, farting etiquette is taught in schools, the practice of capital punishment proves divisive, and the musical cognoscenti insist the national anthem just isn't the same without a double contrabass flute. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Parisimo's national animal is the Oriente Warbler, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Parisimo is ranked 139,526^th in the world and 1,873^rd in The East Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,001.83 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.