The Republic of Pirou is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, free-roaming dinosaurs, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 340 million Pirouans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 48.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Pirouan economy, worth 25.5 trillion wafers a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 75,013 wafers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Primetime re-runs of The Black and White Minstrel Show are a critical hit, religious households enthusiastically use whips in private, snooze factory is now prison lingo for rehabilitation center, and drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pirou's national animal is the otter, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Pirou is ranked 146,319^th in the world and 3,461^st in the Rejected Realms for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 501.32 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.