The Republic of Parisiya is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 12 million Parisiyans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 72.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The imploded Parisiyan economy, worth 78.1 billion Rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 6,506 Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, surveillance cameras are banned, UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, and gambling is outlawed. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Parisiya's national animal is the Cheetah, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Parisiya is ranked 239,886^th in the world and 185^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Most Cultured, scoring 64 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.