The City of Light of Paris is a gargantuan, cultured nation, remarkable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, enslaved workforce, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 28.156 billion Parisians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 88.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Parisian economy, worth a remarkable 3,749 trillion francs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 133,177 francs, with the richest citizens earning 6.0 times as much as the poorest.

Lifelong celibates are surprised to receive government-issue condoms in the post, Parisians ask their doctors whether chili peppers are right for them, the dictionary is a common first book for children, and golden statues of lions line the memorial avenues of the Funerary District. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Paris's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Paris is ranked 3,365^th in the world and 10^th in belgium for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 9,951.52 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.