The Lighthouse of Patenga is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its disturbing lack of elderly people, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The democratic population of 1.996 billion Patengans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Welfare, Healthcare, and Defense also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Patenga. The average income tax rate is 50.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Patengan economy, worth 113 trillion Takas 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 a slick, highly efficient black market in Information Technology, Book Publishing, Tourism, and Pizza Delivery. 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 56,881 Takas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

School plays were recently banned due to concerns of child endangerment, government reports are now used to teach toddlers to read, the nation's diplomatic missives are now delivered via sniper rifle, and the nation's best artists are considered pretty easy to beat. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Patenga's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Patenga is ranked 19,520^th in the world and 1^st in Bangla for Safest, scoring 114.23 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.