The Captain's Fleet of Paper Boats is a gargantuan, genial nation, renowned for its frequent executions, complete lack of prisons, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic population of 11.43 billion Paper Boat Captains love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 60.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Soryan economy, worth 319 trillion Paper Boats a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is mostly comprised of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 27,959 Paper Boats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Paper Boats's national animal is the Paper Crane, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Paper Boats is ranked 18,034^th in the world and 4^th in Shinka for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,096.34 pounds of wildlife per square mile.