The Protectorate of Pear Mountain is a very large, orderly nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 381 million Pear Mountainians enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Defense, although Healthcare and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.3%.

The strong Pear Mountainian economy, worth 23.9 trillion Yen a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 62,639 Yen, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 403,718 per year while the poor average 3,926, a ratio of 102 to 1.

Crime is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Pear Mountain's national animal is the Uguisu.

Pear Mountain is ranked 167,549^th in the world and 1^st in Yamanashi for Smartest Citizens, with 27.66 quips per hour.