The Community of Protactaria is a large, socially progressive nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 148 million Protactarians 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 medium-sized, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 56.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Protactarian economy, worth 11.0 trillion Bals a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Trout Farming. Average income is 74,519 Bals, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Heated town halls quickly descend into shootouts between politicians and their constituents, access to the woods is only granted to those who bring a small shrubbery, many marriages go virtually unconsummated, and war vets look after war animals. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Protactaria's national animal is the Thimble Jellyfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Protactaria is ranked 46,657^th in the world and 243^rd in 10000 Islands for Most Cultured, scoring 73 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.