The Kingdom of Parakletos is a fledgling, socially progressive nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion and absence of drug laws. The hard-working, cynical population of 5 million Parakletos are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The tiny, liberal, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 9.0%.

The Parakletosian economy, worth 200 billion vynils a year, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Soda Sales, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 40,167 vynils, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

It is illegal to make racist remarks in public, the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, and the government subsidizes those who produce the worst results. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Parakletos's national animal is the Katechon.

Parakletos is ranked 314,685^th in the world and 1,139^th in Concord for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -7.07 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.