The Free Land of Pazdan is a large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 196 million Pazdanese hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 48.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Pazdanian economy, worth 14.4 trillion Gonis a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 73,307 Gonis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, computer users are buried daily in thousands of unsolicited emails, babies are a small but significant export, and Leader is strangely popular with male politicians' wives. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pazdan's national animal is the Artic Wolf.

Pazdan is ranked 251,674^th in the world and 902^nd in The Frontier Sea for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7.07 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.