The Intrepid Explorer of Picairn is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Emperor Menellia I with a fair hand, and notable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.42 billion Picairnians 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 medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stormridge. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Picairnian economy, worth a remarkable 2,764 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 265,277 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A five-year-old and a convicted terrorist can sit alongside one another in jury service, the government is avowedly secular, it is considered unpatriotic to learn a foreign language, and diplomats shake hands with their right and hide a poison dagger in their left. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Picairn's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Secularism.

Picairn is ranked 28,241^st in the world and 597^th in The North Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 5,556.68 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.