The United States of Paovoa is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Freeman with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service, infamous sell-swords, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed population of 1.311 billion Paovoans 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 Healthcare, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Torbaskel. The average income tax rate is 34.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Paovoan economy, worth 90.6 trillion USP Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 69,086 USP Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sofas are perpetually on sales that Must End Soon, barbers who trim a few inches of hair bill the government for their labor, schoolboys who turn to watch pretty girls go by are given detention, and contestants on Paovoa's Got Talent are screened by the government to make sure that they actually have talent. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Paovoa's national animal is the Dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Atheism.

Paovoa is ranked 105,574^th in the world and 5,125^th in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 66 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.