Although the city of Paine was only officially recognized in 1885, the territory that it comprises today was occupied by original ethnic groups, in particular by Picunches, in whose language, Mapudungun, payne means "celestial".

The Economic Complexity Index (ECI) in the same year was 0.86, while the economic activities with the highest Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) index were Cultivation and Gathering of Mushrooms, Truffles and Sap, Production of Maple Syrup and Sugar (298.31), Manufacture of Cocoa and Chocolates (150.51) and Manufacture of Pipes and Hoses for Construction (72.96).5 As a commune, Paine is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by a mayor who is directly elected every four years.

), Claudia Pascual (PCCh), Luciano Cruz-Coke (EVOP), Manuel José Ossandon (RN) and Rojo Edwards (PSC) for the 2022-2030 term.

Paine is one of the few metropolitan communes that still maintains in some of its localities the old tradition of installing ramadas; that is, typical food and drink outlets covered by tree branches.

They are currently developing the project to build a Cultural Center and Theater in what was the old Elías Sánchez de Champa School, which suffered severe damage during the 2010 earthquake.

There are three days of celebration (Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday of the second week of the month) in which the different traditions of the Chilean countryside are presented to the public, bringing them closer to the most popular activities of the rural world.

The Paine Expo seeks to bring the tourist closer to the beauties of the commune and its traditions, which still keep much of the peasant work, a highly valued characteristic in a fundamentally urban region.

In addition, in this traditional painina party, the contest for the Best Watermelon of the season is held, which is chosen according to the parameters of flavor, color, texture and sweetness by a jury of specialists, and which constitutes one of the most important points.

The Paine Memorial to the Detained, Disappeared and Executed is a tribute to the seventy victims of human rights violations during the military dictatorship that was imposed in Chile from 1973 to 1990.