The United Pineslavic Peoples of Republic of Pine is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Iva Aruväli with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, feral children, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic population of 14.679 billion Piners are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Männilinn. The average income tax rate is 79.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Pineslavic economy, worth a remarkable 1,349 trillion Trade Tokens a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 91,937 Trade Tokens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

In the Beginning was the Word and the Word was "Pragmatism", members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods, shady doctors seem to have impeccable records, and one little fight can find you movin' to be the fresh prince of Ilba. Crime is totally unknown. Republic of Pine's national animal is the Alpine Ibex, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Piner-Orthodox.

Republic of Pine is ranked 22,491^st in the world and 6^th in The Democratika for Most Developed, scoring 86.38 on the Human Development Index.