The MEJIRO RYAN FAN of Pand-alp is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The awesome Mejiro Ryan with a fair hand, and remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, ban on automobiles, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 877 million Pand-alpians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of MEJIRO RYAN city. The average income tax rate is 20.8%.

The very strong Pand-alpian economy, worth 52.4 trillion Fake Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 59,754 Fake Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Manufacturers are sued for almost anything not covered in their catalogue-sized manuals, the sun rises an hour later on border communities, footballers are doing aerobics in the sauna to build their hot weather endurance, and The awesome Mejiro Ryan has just been declared ruler of Pand-alp in an international press conference. Crime is moderate. Pand-alp's national animal is the Fake snow lopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pand-alp is ranked 36,011^th in the world and 556^th in The North Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,306.77 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.