The Republic of Papalania is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Taoiseach Sean OFarrell with an iron fist, and remarkable for its parental licensing program, pith helmet sales, and enslaved workforce. The compassionate, cynical population of 3.394 billion Papalanians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Naporia. The average income tax rate is 72.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Papalanian economy, worth 427 trillion Francs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 126,042 Francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Tipsy fans frequently invite themselves to the board meetings of sports clubs, the government is deliberately installing bloatware onto computers, local officials love to claim the protection of their Big Brother, and the explosive fireball of the disintegrating space shuttle has devastated Cape Papalania. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Papalania's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Pontificate.

Papalania is ranked 31,709^th in the world and 36^th in Lands End for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 5,485.6 on the Gilded Widget Scale.