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The Communist Bloc Patriot of Pancakeon is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Pancakes with an even hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, ubiquitous missile silos, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 6.801 billion Cakers enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Red Shambhala. The average income tax rate is 80.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pancakian economy, worth 809 trillion maple syrup bottles 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 significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 119,065 maple syrup bottles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign leaders are advising that Pancakes's letters must have gotten lost in the mail, the nation's beloved 'good-natured doormat' is inundated by begging letters, worship days have replaced sick days, and no one believes anything until it has been strenuously tested and peer-reviewed. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pancakeon's national animal is the Butter frog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pancakeon is ranked 16,164^th in the world and 239^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Developed, scoring 87.92 on the Human Development Index.