The Principality of P I C S is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Viktor sìl Wex with an iron fist, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, ritual sacrifices, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.058 billion Burglars are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government is dominated by the Department of Defense, although Industry is also considered important, while Environment and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Great Island. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 3.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Burglar economy, worth a remarkable 1,988 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Retail, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an amazing 281,716 Dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,597,632 per year while the poor average 3,061, a ratio of 848 to 1.

The construction of massive skyscrapers seems to be the result of P I C S's mid-life crisis, looting and pillaging are now considered vital intelligence-gathering activities, children who believe in the tooth fairy are frequently shipped off to Bigtopia, and the collars keep falling off pet snakes. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. P I C S's national animal is the Racoon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Cult of Crime.

P I C S is ranked 140,009^th in the world and 77^th in The Brotherhood of Malice for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 2,230.65 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.