The People's Republic of El Pasaran is a very large, safe nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, ritual sacrifices, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 463 million El Pasaranians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Costa Del Barca. The average income tax rate is 67.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong El Pasaranian economy, worth 37.8 trillion pesos 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 Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is 81,685 pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Patch v22.1705 - all developers are now paid for work, the saying 'break a leg' is now taken literally, the media seems excessively interested in what Leader is wearing this season, and designer truncheons are the latest law enforcement fashion craze. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. El Pasaran's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

El Pasaran is ranked 14,505^th in the world and 142^nd in Europeia for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 4,167.16 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.