The Blåhaj enjoyers of Two Pickles is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, soft-spoken computers, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.788 billion Pickles love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Celeste. The average income tax rate is 70.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Pickle economy, worth 402 trillion Pickles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 106,345 Pickles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Criminals and college students are taking an interest in the government's new weed-killing program, late night talk show hosts are having a field day over Leader's questionably sane new coalition partners, viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows, and thieves find battery shops juicier targets than banks. Crime is totally unknown. Two Pickles's national animal is the Blåhaj, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Ikea.

Two Pickles is ranked 277,280^th in the world and 3,652^nd in the South Pacific for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 23.18 on the Bus Surprisal Index.