The District of Patomak is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lord Chairman with a fair hand, and renowned for its strictly enforced bedtime and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 22.734 billion Patomakians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital City District. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.3%.

The strong Patomakian economy, worth a remarkable 1,301 trillion aurum gold bars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Cheese Exports, and Gambling. Average income is 57,265 aurum gold bars, with the richest citizens earning 6.1 times as much as the poorest.

Teenagers are severely punished for being out too late, politicians "baring all" for the camera isn't always a figure of speech, the Capital City District Film Festival recently voted 'Patomakian Getting Hit By Football' as best film, and the national guard is mobilized whenever a mother gets separated from her child at the mall. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Patomak's national animal is the buffalo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Patomak is ranked 168,760^th in the world and 1^st in Columbia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 67.08 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.