The PAUK of The Pyros is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Omnissiah with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, otherworldly petting zoo, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 4.114 billion Pyrs are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Industry also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Corda Dracon. The average income tax rate is 62.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Pyrian economy, worth 797 trillion Koltons 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Retail. 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 an impressive 193,810 Koltons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Military equipment stores have a tendency to go up in flames, train stations can be 'armful places, schoolchildren quote interesting facts about the square of the hypotenuse, and war criminals are given full state funerals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Pyros's national animal is the Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Cult Mechanicus.

The Pyros is ranked 275,863^rd in the world and 720^th in Carcassonne for Safest, scoring 6.3 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.