The Intrepid Explorer of Picairn is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Emperor Menellia I with a fair hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads, pith helmet sales, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.395 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 2,756 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 265,158 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Every citizen sounds like a television news anchor, unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police, Scoutmasters debate whether luxury log cabins defeat the purpose of camping, and college athletes are arrested for selling lemonade. 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 4,663^rd in the world and 153^rd in The North Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 265,158.85 Standard Monetary Units.