The Oppressed Peoples of Paikar is a large, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory vegetarianism, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 74 million Paikarians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 59.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Paikarian economy, worth 1.35 trillion florins 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 Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is 18,224 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Grannies get pulled over for knitting pullovers while driving, a little pushing and pulling is needed for big ships to pass, the Paikarian Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas, and most people learn to drive on crash courses. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Paikar's national animal is the horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Paikar is ranked 267,212^th in the world and 170^th in The Nationstates Assembly for Highest Food Quality, scoring 6.94 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.