The Democratic Republic of Pavolis is a massive, safe nation, ruled by San Diego with an even hand, and remarkable for its aversion to nipples, anti-smoking policies, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 2.432 billion Pavo Lis are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lethero. The average income tax rate is 77.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Pavolisian economy, worth 212 trillion Polars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 87,443 Polars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Doctors spend more time writing sick notes than caring for the sick, parents dread their examinations more than their children, teenagers are told they're not thinking about sex enough, and all statues and paintings of dogs are being destroyed to avoid offending cat-lovers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pavolis's national animal is the Polar Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Liero.

Pavolis is ranked 258,612^th in the world and 10,713^th in Lazarus for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.95 kickbacks per hour.