The Empire of The Paradigm of the Daleks is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 20.253 billion Paradigm of the Daleksians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Paradigm of the Daleks City. The average income tax rate is 80.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Paradigm of the Daleksian economy, worth 594 trillion pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 29,333 pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements, all government facilities are built in the subterranean citadel of The Paradigm of the Daleks City, curtailed social programs have left many citizens bereft of any safety net, and the fire protection service is wholly government-funded. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Paradigm of the Daleks's national animal is the --, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Paradigm of the Daleks is ranked 229,350^th in the world and 36^th in The Confederacy of Free Nations for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 48.04 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.