The Elessian Fields of Pan is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by The Undying with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and frequent executions. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 32.547 billion Panians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and look forward to their next free and open election, to be held on an as-yet unannounced date.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shivaverna. The average income tax rate is 77.7%.

The thriving Panese economy, worth a remarkable 2,889 trillion myrrhs a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 88,783 myrrhs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Hell is not always other people, the government recently donated a surfboard to an impoverished family in a landlocked region, warning signs caution Panians where they may fall off 'the edge of the world', and boys who take just one date to the high school prom are called 'losers'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pan's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is centered on life and death.

Pan is ranked 317,173^rd in the world and 9^th in Lodoss for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 21.23 on the Bus Surprisal Index.