The Sacred Union of Paganstan is a massive, genial nation, ruled by High Priestess Gunnr with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory vegetarianism, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 1.516 billion Paganstanis are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Midgardr City. The average income tax rate is 85.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Paganstanian economy, worth 36.7 trillion Kromers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 24,218 Kromers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Religious leaders order congregants to love any neighbour who is just like themselves, Occam's razor has sliced to pieces any childhood belief in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, the words 'private' and 'enterprise' must never appear in the same sentence, and the Ministry of Health has reported a sharp increase in the incidence of delayed menopause. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Paganstan's national animal is the Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Heathenry.

Paganstan is ranked 87,085^th in the world and 888^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 2,386.91 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.