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The Jewish-Thuanese Theocracy of Pilares is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Rabbi Peter Montgomerick with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, anti-smoking policies, and digital currency. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 3.54 billion Pilarians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The medium-sized, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Georgia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 36.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Pilaresian economy, worth 442 trillion Swords a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is an impressive 125,105 Swords, with the richest citizens earning 7.0 times as much as the poorest.

Government opponents tend to have their patents rejected immediately, nations that kill a Pilarian can expect a strongly worded letter, handling people's data is proving an immersive experience, and highway rest stops are stocking up on fallout scrubbing kits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pilares's national animal is the Sheep, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Judaism.

Pilares is ranked 25,920^th in the world and 6^th in Brasil1 for Most Cultured, scoring 82 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.