The Holiday Season of Paul Pasch is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Charlotte Ross with a fair hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, hatred of cheese, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 7.983 billion Paschans 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 enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capitali. The average income tax rate is 85.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Paschan economy, worth 812 trillion celenes a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 101,721 celenes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

An enormous health awareness programme is underway, children must be board certified to append "Jr" to their name, flu research is commonly shut down for fear of creating a superbug, and a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Paul Pasch's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Paul Pasch is ranked 6,013^th in the world and 551^st in The North Pacific for Most Valuable International Artwork, with 62.36 Bank.