The Community of Pives is a mid-sized, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 86 million Pivesians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 10.6%.

The Pivesian economy, worth 3.66 trillion Sallves a year, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 42,513 Sallves, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Pives's national animal is the Marmot, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Pives is ranked 176,884^th in the world and 8^th in Welves Region for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 6,947.29 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.