The Republic of Parasedonia is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by Arthur I The Builder with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, cynical population of 786 million Parasedonians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arthurville. The average income tax rate is 67.7%.

The powerhouse Parasedonian economy, worth 73.9 trillion marks a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 93,999 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Illicit spice trade makes desert merchants wrangling worms blush, the Parasedonian delegation to the World Assembly is having a hard time convincing people that international law will "pay for itself somehow...", children who refuse to share their crayons are arrested, and fire stations and hospitals can't deploy emergency vehicles because badly parked cars block them in. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Parasedonia's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Parasedonia is ranked 288,540^th in the world and 421^st in Talonia for Largest Black Market, with 44.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.