The Holy Pilgrimage of The Pilgrims in the Desert is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Fellow Pilgrim with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, digital currency, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, devout population of 8.563 billion Pilgrims are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The City of Pilgrims. The average income tax rate is 92.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pilgrim economy, worth a remarkable 1,586 trillion ἀγάπηs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 185,274 ἀγάπηs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's counterintelligence budget is all up in the air, nuclear physics is the most popular course at university, park rangers struggle to deal with a rash of stolen pic-a-nic baskets, and parking's carefree without parking car fees. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Pilgrims in the Desert's national animal is the Butterfly, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Catholicism.

The Pilgrims in the Desert is ranked 145,616^th in the world and 60^th in Catholic for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 1,773.75 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.