The Republic of Pickystan is a tiny, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 7 million Pickystanians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The tiny, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.5%.

The very strong Pickystanian economy, worth 493 billion Pikpiks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 70,464 Pikpiks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 227,734 per year while the poor average 16,476, a ratio of 13.8 to 1.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, and Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Pickystan's national animal is the Tiger.

Pickystan is ranked 258,735^th in the world and 99^th in The Pacifica for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -8 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.