The Democratic States of Pap Ira Frathillip is a large, safe nation, renowned for its suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 99 million Pap Ira Frathillipians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Public Transport. The average income tax rate is 28.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Pap Ira Frathillipian economy, worth 4.99 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Gambling, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 50,423 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The fattest folk in Pap Ira Frathillip look to be the happiest ones, officials pull all-nighters to check immigrants for potential links to terrorists, some voters are required to show a minimum of four forms of identification, and conspiracy theorists allege Pap Ira Frathillip City's new subway map resembles Satanic symbols. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pap Ira Frathillip's national animal is the emu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pap Ira Frathillip is ranked 233,309^th in the world and 15^th in United Nations of The Small Countries for Most Extreme, scoring 12.2 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.