The Free Land of Paul Samuelson is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its burgeoning Giraffe population. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 15.78 billion Paul Samuelsonians enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.2%.

The very strong Paul Samuelsonian economy, worth 908 trillion Platinums a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 57,604 Platinums, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 175,968 per year while the poor average 14,615, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Paul Samuelson's national animal is the Giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Paul Samuelson is ranked 142,721^st in the world and 329^th in Memeland United for Most Primitive, scoring -49.5 on the Scary Big Number Scale.