The Republic of Candy Cane Pizza is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, fear of technology, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 1.929 billion Candy Cane Pizzans 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Education. The average income tax rate is 51.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Candy Cane Pizzan economy, worth 161 trillion pizzas a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Cheese Exports, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 83,603 pizzas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Perverts across the land rejoice after 'sexual harassment' was recently renamed 'persuasive courting', charity workers dole out hardtack from behind designer sunglasses, the new Really Big Telescope has been praised for presenting pictures of bright dots in unprecedented detail, and art criticism in Candy Cane Pizza is scathingly destructive. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Candy Cane Pizza's national animal is the breakfast, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Candy Cane Pizza is ranked 246,327^th in the world and 8,654^th in Osiris for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 46.16 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.