The United States of Paragonalasis is a huge, pleasant nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-working, democratic population of 726 million Paragonalasisians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 8.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Paragonalasisian economy, worth 48.9 trillion Pawns a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Gambling, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 67,396 Pawns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The government is on the side of working people (like CEOs, bankers and billionaires), overly distant dads are conscripted into national nappy service, all government facilities are built in the subterranean citadel of Paragonalasis City, and open-casket funerals are avoided at all cost. Crime is relatively low. Paragonalasis's national animal is the turtle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Paragonalasis is ranked 99,591^st in the world and 136^th in Christians for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,309.66 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.