The People's Republic of Pinto da Costa is a massive, safe nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 3.355 billion Pinto da Costans 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Estádio do Dragão. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 38.2%.

The very strong Pinto da Costan economy, worth 297 trillion Luvas Brancas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 88,583 Luvas Brancas, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 268,762 per year while the poor average 22,696, a ratio of 11.8 to 1.

Prudishness is on the way out, a suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League, the main interest rates change daily based on the latest news story, and only 'organics' are permitted to be citizens. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pinto da Costa's national animal is the Dragao do Porto, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pinto da Costa is ranked 90,093^rd in the world and 47^th in Portugal for Most Corrupt Governments, with 16.94 kickbacks per hour.