The Empire of Greater Pardonia is a massive, genial nation, ruled by The High Council with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, public floggings, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 1.212 billion Greater Pardonians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of chathair mhaith. The average income tax rate is 53.7%.

The all-consuming Greater Pardonian economy, worth 121 trillion Nathaniel Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 100,328 Nathaniel Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Sections of the police receive paramilitary training, The High Council's told that love often manifests itself through homicidal four-lettered litanies, body doubles and armed bodyguards escort witnesses to and from courtrooms, and national chefs believe that you can eat anything so long as you deep fry it first. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greater Pardonia's national animal is the Wild Nathaniel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Greater Pardonia is ranked 39,938^th in the world and 924^th in the South Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 77.72 law-abiding acts per hour.