The Bannorn of Pinard is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Bann Serris vos Brosca with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, devout population of 14.279 billion Pinardians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Roose. The average income tax rate is 27.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Pinardian economy, worth 733 trillion kamas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 51,337 kamas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations, women wear burqas to avoid unwanted male attention, theft is considered to be okay if the crime happened a long time ago, and viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Pinard's national animal is the rooster, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Maumiqism.

Pinard is ranked 185,024^th in the world and 4^th in Paris for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 6,570.9 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.