The Kingdom of Pyraania is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by King Pyrobyte Augustulus with an iron fist, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.045 billion Pyranians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Swayambhunath. The average income tax rate is 68.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pyraanian economy, worth 121 trillion Pyran Pounds a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 116,514 Pyran Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Racial and religious segregation has become rife as the various groups are loath to mingle, what's in your genes matters more than what's in your jeans, neighbouring countries pay to situate their nuclear power plants in Pyraania, and the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pyraania's national animal is the Pyranian Monal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Hinduism.

Pyraania is ranked 18,528^th in the world and 960^th in Balder for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 9,157.53 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.