The Republic of Pineapple Belongs on Pizza 55 is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The cynical population of 5.901 billion Pineapple Belongs on Pizza 55ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 50.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Pineapple Belongs on Pizza 55ian economy, worth 51.0 trillion guilders 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 a slick, highly efficient black market in Uranium Mining, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. 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 8,642 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pineapple Belongs on Pizza 55's national animal is the panther.

Pineapple Belongs on Pizza 55 is ranked 166,863^rd in the world and 2,956^th in The East Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 183.51 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.