The Unified States of Patea is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Davedroid with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, vat-grown people, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.614 billion Pateans 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 Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Patria City. The average income tax rate is 19.4%.

The strong Patean economy, worth 147 trillion guildens a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 91,169 guildens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

You can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health, things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication, college-level writing classes are taught by undergraduate editors of the school newspaper, and the children of Patea are often remarked upon for their cheery attitude to extreme violence. Crime is totally unknown. Patea's national animal is the Patean four toed sloth, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Davedroidion.

Patea is ranked 270,560^th in the world and 507^th in Starlight for Nicest Citizens, with 6.19 average smiles per day.