The Commonwealth of Paserius is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Almerina Foscari with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 2.781 billion Paseriane are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Caorèza. The average income tax rate is 82.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Paseriana economy, worth 266 trillion Paserian Pulas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 95,528 Paserian Pulas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Serial commas clarify the relationship between one's lackeys, the taxpayers, and kinsfolk, urban planners beg for just one more lane before bedtime, Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, and making up random numbers to name new asteroids is the bulk of astronomers' work. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Paserius's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Paserius is ranked 164,236^th in the world and 8,239^th in Balder for Rudest Citizens, with 48.7 insults per minute.