The Democratic Republic of St Pax is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Peter Michael Benson with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 2.705 billion St Paxians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Benson. The average income tax rate is 59.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong St Paxian economy, worth 190 trillion Pocoes a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 70,575 Pocoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The new national campaign exhorts men to "Show Some Class - Don't Sit On Your Ass", blind dates reemerge as a necessary evil in the quest for love, large areas of St Pax are not accessible by the public, and the government raises tariffs on a weekly basis. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. St Pax's national animal is the dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity.

St Pax is ranked 45,716^th in the world and 536^th in the West Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 75.52 law-abiding acts per hour.