The Democratic States of Pantasio is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Paul Koejke Butterbröd with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.25 billion Pantasists enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Heudebert. The average income tax rate is 34.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Pantastic economy, worth 295 trillion croissants a year, is quite specialized and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 40,749 croissants, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign nations kill migratory animals at random in the hope that Pantasio will pay them to stop, Pantastic athletes are close to breaking the 2 minute mile and the 16 meter long jump, it takes several hours to shuffle the national deck, and bars are packed at all hours. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pantasio's national animal is the melonbear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Brioche.

Pantasio is ranked 203,114^th in the world and 28^th in Lewisham Library for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -3.61 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.