The Haunting Tune of Pied Piper is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 23.771 billion Pied Piperians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pied Piper City. The average income tax rate is 46.1%.

The Pied Piperian economy, worth 824 trillion Thalers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is 34,689 Thalers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

The recently unemployed can often be seen at the local homeless shelter, the government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy', artists regularly face criminal charges and art-burning parties are common, and Pied Piper has designated Pied Piper City as its capital city. Crime is moderate. Pied Piper's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Pied Piper is ranked 159,824^th in the world and 6,689^th in Lazarus for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 1,315.91 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.