The People's Republic of El Pasaran is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, ritual sacrifices, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 587 million El Pasaranians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Administration, Environment, and Healthcare also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Costa Del Barca. The average income tax rate is 71.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong El Pasaranian economy, worth 51.4 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 led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is 87,537 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Many whiskies taste suspiciously like automobile radiators, evasive politicians don't fail to strongly commit to not committing to a course of non-inaction, El Pasaran is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, and polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums. 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 2,874^th in the world and 20^th in Europeia for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 13,980.7 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.