The Aspiring Arcadians of Pygania is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Daryush J Trayast with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, barren, inhospitable landscape, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 18.509 billion Pyganians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Anquas. The average income tax rate is 98.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Pyganian economy, worth a remarkable 9,392 trillion vrigs a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Average income is a breathtaking 507,443 vrigs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Pausing for applause during a speech is seen as a form of censorship, the highest sporting award is the Grail of Tears, parties that are too noisy are broken up to prevent disturbing wildlife, and the 'maybe not shock and awe' foreign policy initiative is showing promise. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Pygania's national animal is the boar, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Zoroastrianism.

Pygania is ranked 330,244^th in the world and 53^rd in India for Nicest Citizens, with 0.15 average smiles per day.