The Socialist People's Republic of Picuros is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the CPP with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, ubiquitous missile silos, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.528 billion Picurians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Helsen. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Picurin economy, worth a remarkable 2,883 trillion florins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 273,932 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites, orphans would rather live their life of luxury than be adopted by prospective parents, all the playground's a stage for Picurin schoolchildren, and posters on 'Picurin Values' advise against being proud of Picuros. Crime is totally unknown. Picuros's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is state atheism.

Picuros is ranked 745^th in the world and 19^th in The Communist Bloc for Smartest Citizens, with 255.13 quips per hour.