The Sovereign Socialist Nation of Patoka is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Prime Minister Wagner-Stock with an even hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful population of 8.123 billion Patokans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gather. The average income tax rate is 94.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Patokan economy, worth 967 trillion buttons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is an impressive 119,095 buttons, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians can be seen taking candy from babies, saying "don't do anything that Prime Minister Wagner-Stock wouldn't do" doesn't exclude a great deal, luck is off the table, and in musicals everybody's a little bit racist. Crime is totally unknown. Patoka's national animal is the Patokan raccoon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Patoka is ranked 6,258^th in the world and 86^th in the West Pacific for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 8,749.49 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.