The Community of Protactaria is a large, genial nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 130 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 large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 56.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Protactarian economy, worth 9.36 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 72,037 Bals, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Only fully-fledged members of MENSA are allowed to vote, young and brooding teens are welcomed with open arms to the Dogwarts School of Strangeness and Sorcery, members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods, and life expectancies inside correctional facilities vastly exceed the national average. 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 218,479^th in the world and 159^th in 10000 Islands for Fattest Citizens, with 8.83 Obesity Rate.