The State of La Paz is a gargantuan, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, prohibition of alcohol, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 29.163 billion La Pazians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 67.1%.

The thriving La Pazian economy, worth a remarkable 1,878 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 64,423 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

The government has become increasingly militant, drug distribution is tightly controlled by the government, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, and citizens are expected to be proficient in at least five languages. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. La Paz's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

La Paz is ranked 138,404^th in the world and 1^st in La Paz for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 8,895.3 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.