The Community of Protactaria is a very large, genial nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 243 million Protactarians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 63.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Protactarian economy, worth 20.6 trillion Bals a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Average income is 84,738 Bals, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Invasive drug testing is now performed at elementary school sports days, rural communities are all but disenfranchised as politicians focus all their attention on winning the deciding urban votes, birth rates have hit an all-time low, and excited shovel-bearing geeks wander the countryside. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Protactaria's national animal is the Thimble Jellyfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Protactaria is ranked 27,757^th in the world and 163^rd in 10000 Islands for Safest, scoring 109.94 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.