The People's Republic of Pajarostan is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, cynical population of 227 million Pajarostanians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 83.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Pajarostanian economy, worth 8.27 trillion Patoes 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 Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 36,421 Patoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Snooze factory is now prison lingo for rehabilitation center, tourists need only sign on the dotted line to become citizens, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, and a century of peace does not preclude peace negotiations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pajarostan's national animal is the Pajaro, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pajarostan is ranked 116,280^th in the world and 466^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 86.37 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.