The Protectorate of Paffnicard 10 is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Aleksandar Vekili with an even hand, and notable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, frequent executions, and enslaved workforce. The compassionate, devout population of 8.06 billion Paffniacs are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Skoptopolis. The average income tax rate is 68.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Paffniac economy, worth 971 trillion banks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 120,564 banks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Baby dolls thrown in the trash are a leading cause of panic attacks, a few immigrants are better than no immigrants according to Aleksandar Vekili, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, and things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Paffnicard 10's national animal is the card, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is card farming.

Paffnicard 10 is ranked 21,211^th in the world and 3^rd in 10KI Card Farm for Lowest Crime Rates, with 88.73 law-abiding acts per hour.