The Republic of Pitlyar is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its smutty television, compulsory military service, and parental licensing program. The compassionate population of 615 million Pitlyarians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 62.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Pitlyarian economy, worth 51.7 trillion Ducats a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 83,985 Ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children seem to be getting better at lying these days, politicians who vacation in East Lebatuck lose their jobs upon their return, people boast about their low income on their dating profiles, and mathematics majors learn about new ways to model their crushing debt. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pitlyar's national animal is the Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Pitlyar is ranked 66,308^th in the world and 446^th in Novaya Zemlya for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 62.49 Effective Tax Rate.