The Protectorate of Khal Papax is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Nolan Alder with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 1.775 billion Khal Papaxians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maiport. The average income tax rate is 27.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Khal Papaxian economy, worth 92.2 trillion Scrobles a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 51,936 Scrobles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens who plan overseas vacations are barred from running for political office, the mining industry has taken a hit from tighter environmental regulations, stone wrist watches that weigh 20lb are the latest trend, and an online tea-bagging epidemic is getting worse and (meta)worse. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Khal Papax's national animal is the Papaxian Macaques, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Khal Papax is ranked 53,269^th in the world and 1,146^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 140.18 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.