The Blåhaj enjoyers of Two Pickles is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, soft-spoken computers, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.188 billion Pickles are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Celeste. The average income tax rate is 71.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Pickle economy, worth 465 trillion Pickles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 111,153 Pickles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits, posters on 'Pickle Values' advise against being proud of Two Pickles, Leader can often be found attempting to coax random citizens' cats down from trees, and interest in globalism never flags. Crime is totally unknown. Two Pickles's national animal is the Blåhaj, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Ikea.

Two Pickles is ranked 44,984^th in the world and 671^st in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 196.45 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.