The Republic of Pagena is a tiny, safe nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 14 million Pagenans 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 enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 68.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Pagenan economy, worth 269 billion darts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 19,199 darts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Losing your sock key may require surgical intervention, you're never too young to learn how to lie with confidence, party-lovers often change religions just for the weekend, and the studies of art and philosophy are banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pagena's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pagena is ranked 35,953^rd in the world and 27^th in Estalcia for Most Secular, with 29.36 Atheism Rate.