The Democratic Republic of Pinenses is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Redcats with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, anti-smoking policies, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 10.979 billion Pinenseses are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pinus Superanum. The average income tax rate is 81.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Pinenses economy, worth a remarkable 1,099 trillion Genovinoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 100,178 Genovinoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Evidence-based arguments can be arrestable offenses, the aphorism "there's no need to argue" has been dismissed by Pinenseses, school guidance counselors recommend monastic vows as an alternative to higher education, and the government loves seeing the little people fight. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pinenses's national animal is the Quokka, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Big Pine.

Pinenses is ranked 199,287^th in the world and 1,163^rd in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 41.47 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.