The Tasty States of Paprika Islands is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Ginger with an even hand, and renowned for its prohibition of alcohol, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 16.761 billion Paprikashians 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 Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Spice Rack. The average income tax rate is 66.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Paprika Islandsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,098 trillion spices a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Trout Farming. Average income is 65,558 spices, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The countryside is shrouded by wind farms, a favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, blind students are at a disadvantage now that test papers printed in braille have been discontinued, and half-submerged and flooded seaside hotels are technically still next to the beach. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Paprika Islands's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is cooking.

Paprika Islands is ranked 56,287^th in the world and 4^th in The Sweet Ubiquity for Lowest Crime Rates, with 72.58 law-abiding acts per hour.