The Republic of Patailla is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.378 billion Pataillans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Healthcare, with Education, Law & Order, and Welfare also on the agenda, while Spirituality is ignored. The average income tax rate is 56.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Pataillan economy, worth 192 trillion Euros a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,993 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Snitches get riches, proprietary charger leads are now a pain for electric cars as well as cellphones, videogames like 'Equalia: Knights of Self-Confidence' are proving inexplicably unpopular, and plain-clothes police officers follow Dàguó tourists everywhere they go. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Patailla's national animal is the Rabbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Patailla is ranked 143,739^th in the world and 3,233^rd in The North Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 1,350.96 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.