The Colony of Greenpickles is a large, safe nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working population of 152 million Greenpicklesians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 43.2%.

The Greenpicklesian economy, worth 6.74 trillion pounds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 44,331 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

In coastal waters there are fifteen salvage divers per dead man's chest (yo ho ho), the mood of raunchy movies is often ruined by the sound of babies crying, Leader's used car is held together by bumper stickers that support the opposition, and organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greenpickles's national animal is the crocodile.

Greenpickles is ranked 233,660^th in the world and 157^th in Benigtopia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 37.82 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.