The Democratic Republic of Pinenses is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Redcats with an even hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 12.178 billion Pinenseses are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Environment, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pinus Superanum. The average income tax rate is 83.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Pinenses economy, worth a remarkable 1,226 trillion Genovinoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 100,724 Genovinoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is washing its hands of alleged corruption, spies caught red-handed are served cocktails on their first-class flights home, the government is flooded with compensation requests, and there are six more weeks of winter if a northerner sees her shadow. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pinenses's national animal is the Quokka, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Big Pine.

Pinenses is ranked 93,803^rd in the world and 495^th in Europe for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 3,262.23 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.