The Most Serene Republic of Piehu is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Jacobin Bonaparte with an even hand, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 11.574 billion Piehuans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nihil City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Piehuan economy, worth a remarkable 8,666 trillion Piehuan Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 748,782 Piehuan Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, confused-looking pigeons slide gently off frictionless window ledges, the government is plagued with uncertainty, and popular cartoon characters frequently appear in government-sponsored PSAs reminding students to say no to drugs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Piehu's national animal is the Piehuan Peacock, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Piehu is ranked 6,187^th in the world and 8^th in The Kodiak Republic for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 6,337.4 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.