The Empire of Pashana is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, ritual sacrifices, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.357 billion Pashanans 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, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 43.4%.

The strong Pashanan economy, worth 335 trillion florins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 77,110 florins, with the richest citizens earning 7.0 times as much as the poorest.

Bigtopian relations have become a minefield, paraplegics are told to walk it off, record executives compete over space on buskers' setlists, and celebrity foodies are biting a huge chunk out of the government budget. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pashana's national animal is the owl, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Pashana is ranked 263,374^th in the world and 895^th in The Frontier Sea for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.69 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.