The Empire of Paiwastan is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical, devout population of 817 million Paiwastanians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 59.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Paiwastanian economy, worth 19.7 trillion Gold Dinhars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 24,138 Gold Dinhars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Abortions are carried out secretly in shady backstreet clinics, newspapers may not print any negative stories about the government, the military has quashed a recent coup attempt, and the police go to great efforts to seize contraband favored by politicians on the police oversight committee. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Paiwastan's national animal is the Rhinosaurus.

Paiwastan is ranked 187,644^th in the world and 34^th in Saint Helene for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 318.88 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.