Location: 10000 Islands

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The Protectorate of Paffnia is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Aleksandar Vekili with a fair hand, and remarkable for its hatred of cheese. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 5.354 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Skoptopolis. The average income tax rate is 97%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Nudity is frowned upon, same-sex marriages are increasingly common, almost all of Paffnia's water is piped into the country from abroad for exorbitant prices, and a government program is underway to revitalize Paffnia's beaches. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Paffnia's national animal is the llama, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the paffnar.

Paffnia is ranked 712th in 10000 Islands and 43,518th in the world for Most Extreme, scoring 21 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

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