The People's Republic of Parozia is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Prime Minister Friedrich Krause with a fair hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.621 billion Parozians 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 enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maravelle. The average income tax rate is 99.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Parozian economy, worth a remarkable 1,030 trillion rubles 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 223,062 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation was recently voted "most likely to betray its allies", the carbon tax fund gladly supplies warm blankets when the poor can't pay their heating bills, an aboriginal talking stick is used for leaders' debates at election time, and no one engages in 'locker room talk' any more. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Parozia's national animal is the pudu, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Parozia is ranked 247,764^th in the world and 468^th in The UMNS for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -2.53 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.