The Kingdom of Paradoxus is a large, safe nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, public floggings, and avant-garde cinema. The democratic, devout population of 176 million Paradoxusians, 168 million of whom are zombies, have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 14.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Paradoxusian economy, worth 20.3 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 54,049 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Some say Leader has gone MAD after authorizing the development of apocalyptic biological weapons, running away is an essential part of the elite forces' hand-to-hand training, the new "Bloodbath" orange tree autonomously seeks and destroys independent orchards, and main battle tanks stalk the woods of Paradoxus in search of Cerberuses. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Paradoxus's national animal is the Cerberus, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Paradoxus is ranked 91,632^nd in the world and 78^th in Benigtopia for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 355.96 on the Clooney Contribution Index.