The Khalifat Islamiya Syurawia of Paganan is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Khalifah Al-Mushthafa Li Dinillah with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 7.483 billion Paglans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Isla La Jollie. The average income tax rate is 80.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Paglan economy, worth 707 trillion Sagis a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 94,584 Sagis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Unruly children often visit adult websites when angry with their parents, more sidewalk is dedicated to animals than people, internet moderator is one of the most popular jobs among the nation's more socially awkward citizens, and man-love is banned in the name of His love. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Paganan's national animal is the Camel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Sunni Islam.

Paganan is ranked 6,652^nd in the world and 178^th in the South Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 57.82 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.