The Staart of Pauw is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Pieter Pauw with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 24.671 billion Pauwians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pauwia. The average income tax rate is 42.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Pauwian economy, worth 761 trillion Euros a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 30,869 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bicyclists are banned from major roads, Pauwisme has been named as Pauw's national religion, Pieter Pauw has just been declared ruler of Pauw in an international press conference, and Pauw has designated Pauwia as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pauw's national animal is the fox and its national religion is Pauwisme.

Pauw is ranked 247,213^th in the world and 78^th in belgium for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 17,657.09 Standard Monetary Units.