The United States of Pichu23 is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Aidan with a fair hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic, humorless, devout population of 13.542 billion Pichu23ians 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 relatively small, liberal, socially-minded government is primarily concerned with Administration, with Social Policy, Environment, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Defense and Industry aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pichu23 City. The average income tax rate is 61.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Pichu23ian economy, worth 96.4 trillion lolcoins a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 7,120 lolcoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Middle-aged metal fans quite enjoy being called "rebellious youths" by even older politicians, the stock market has been destroyed for its own protection, Aidan's media campaigns take a hiatus around exam week, and talking during class is a gateway to lifelong drug addiction. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive. Pichu23's national animal is the ambulance, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is a major religion.

Pichu23 is ranked 24,167^th in the world and 11^th in Anime Nations Against Liberals for Largest Black Market, with 108 trillion Standard Monetary Units.