The Holy Empire of The Morning Paragon Sun is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lorelei Requiem with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, otherworldly petting zoo, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed population of 20.232 billion Paragons have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rebirth. The average income tax rate is 90.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Morning Paragon Sunian economy, worth a remarkable 2,724 trillion nitroes a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 134,682 nitroes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Census workers are having a hard time figuring out who is actually living in The Morning Paragon Sun after the ban on emigration was lifted, illegal immigration remains a hot topic, wind farms are erected on shuttered oil platforms, and going on a diet invalidates your passport. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Morning Paragon Sun's national animal is the Spectacular hermaphrodite red butterfly, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

The Morning Paragon Sun is ranked 13,043^rd in the world and 15^th in The Hole To Hide In for Lowest Crime Rates, with 96.47 law-abiding acts per hour.