The Empire of Greater Pardonia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by The High Council with an even hand, and notable for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 2.398 billion Greater Pardonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of chathair mhaith. The average income tax rate is 67.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Greater Pardonian economy, worth 233 trillion Nathaniel Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 97,479 Nathaniel Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Greater Pardonia isn't what it used to be, the sound of office water cooler chatter has been replaced by the whirring of computer cooling fans, psychiatrists bizarrely accompany The High Council to meetings with foreign heads of state, and military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greater Pardonia's national animal is the Wild Nathaniel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Greater Pardonia is ranked 12,476^th in the world and 316^th in the South Pacific for Safest, scoring 117.84 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.