The Autonomous Republic of Paramin is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by State Mediator Julius Wahkapum with a fair hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.781 billion Paraminians 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.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pasuran. The average income tax rate is 52.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Paraminian economy, worth 271 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. Average income is 71,569 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Even the nation's brussel sprouts are delicious and nutritious, the jails are alive with the sound of birdsong, a glyph of State Mediator Julius Wahkapum is worth a thousand letters, and Calvinball players are lost for days as they wander the vast halls of their new academies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Paramin's national animal is the panther, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Paramin is ranked 36,872^nd in the world and 9^th in Osagh for Highest Drug Use, scoring 313 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.