The Democratic Republic of St Pax is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Peter Benson with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, pith helmet sales, and daily referendums. The compassionate population of 8.019 billion St Paxians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Macton. The average income tax rate is 60.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving St Paxian economy, worth 574 trillion Pas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 71,669 Pas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Super Barry Brothers is the most popular video game in the nation, libraries have replaced overdue book fines with mandatory mental health assessments, bread-gangs raid restaurant waste bins to stockpile uneaten rolls, and restaurant owners fear visits from government officials more than the actual food critics. 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 34,312^th in the world and 285^th in the West Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,469.22 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.