The Most Serene Republic of Piehu is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Jacobin Bonaparte with an even hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, smutty television, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed population of 11.594 billion Piehuans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nihil City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Piehuan economy, worth a remarkable 8,655 trillion Piehuan Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 a breathtaking 746,517 Piehuan Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Organ donation is compulsory, 'A is for Annulment' is a popular children's song, the ego of former emperors tend to match their stature, and the PBI Channel Tunnel project is plagued by delays. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Piehu's national animal is the Piehuan Peacock, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Piehu is ranked 332,432^nd in the world and 202^nd in The Kodiak Republic for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 14.92 on the Bus Surprisal Index.