The Republic of PIezfe is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 482 million PIezfeans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 39.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient PIezfean economy, worth 18.8 trillion mayonaise on a escalators a year, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 39,007 mayonaise on a escalators, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. PIezfe's national animal is the grssk.

PIezfe is ranked 174,272^nd in the world and 2,884^th in eta for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 31.32 on the Bus Surprisal Index.