The Guardian of Paw Guardian is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, infamous sell-swords, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 9.6 billion Paw Guardianians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 33.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Paw Guardianian economy, worth 170 trillion Golden Cats a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 17,711 Golden Cats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new national mascot has to be wheeled onto the field of play, human sacrifice to the metaphorical altar of Mammon ensures national prosperity, doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion, and school uniforms are compulsory. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Paw Guardian's national animal is the Original Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Paw Guardian is ranked 238,487^th in the world and 88^th in Obsidian Islands for Highest Poor Incomes, with 16,007.87 Standard Monetary Units.