The Dominion of Pauriun is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its triple-decker prams, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 674 million Pauriunians 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 tiny, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Industry, Law & Order, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Welfare and Spirituality are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pauriun City. The average income tax rate is 6.0%.

The all-consuming Pauriunian economy, worth 80.9 trillion Pellers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 120,096 Pellers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Video evidence of cruel animal experiments tends to be of poor quality, former slave-owners hope there are no hard feelings when they apply for jobs from their erstwhile charges, conscripts often volunteer for a second tour of duty so they can get a ticket to next year's Army Revue, and burgers often list "miscellaneous meats" in their ingredients. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Pauriun's national animal is the horse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Pauriun is ranked 251,429^th in the world and 8,607^th in Balder for Most Primitive, scoring -155.92 on the Scary Big Number Scale.