The Dominion of Pauriun is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, strictly enforced bedtime, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 711 million Pauriunians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The tiny, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Industry, Law & Order, and Administration are also considered important, while Welfare and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pauriun City. The average income tax rate is 5.5%.

The all-consuming Pauriunian economy, worth 86.6 trillion Pellers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Gambling, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 121,774 Pellers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens seem fixated on 105m x 45m rectangles, Leader's used car is held together by bumper stickers that support the opposition, young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables, and the inside lane of every highway is for parked vehicles only. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Pauriun's national animal is the horse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Pauriun is ranked 202,509^th in the world and 8,118^th in Balder for Safest, scoring 42.74 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.