The People's Republic of Pazhakia is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, parental licensing program, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 280 million Pazhakians 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 large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Verikyava. The average income tax rate is 51.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Pazhakian economy, worth 10.1 trillion Roubles a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Basket Weaving, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 35,996 Roubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Anyone who sleeps in past 9am can be declared legally dead, Pazhakia has designated Verikyava as its capital city, it's rare to find an unchewed pencil, and rare steaks seem even bluer now. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pazhakia's national animal is the Black Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Pazhakia is ranked 241,042^nd in the world and 596^th in Europeia for Largest Populations, with 280 million capita.