The Loving Couple of -Pride-Month- is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Masha with an iron fist, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.154 billion -Pride-Month-ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Connecticut. The average income tax rate is 57.5%.

The frighteningly efficient -Pride-Month-ian economy, worth 371 trillion snails a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Retail. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is 89,515 snails, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Government adverts say that twelve lashes a day keeps divine wrath at bay, the government blames all suspicious phenomena on flying saucers, birds and children's kites are regularly brought down by anti-aircraft fire, and refugees from other nations are flocking to -Pride-Month-'s border. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Pride-Month-'s national animal is the owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cards.

-Pride-Month- is ranked 262,373^rd in the world and 31^st in USSR for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 42.18 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.