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The Nyascendent State of Pinevilla is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Claibornia with an iron fist, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, avant-garde cinema, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.758 billion Pinevillans 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Novum Roma. The average income tax rate is 90.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Pinevillian economy, worth 514 trillion Pinevillan Francs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 186,484 Pinevillan Francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Lines at the bank stretch around the block as tellers struggle with basic arithmetic, spectating AI chess fans heckle players when they miss a mate-in-twenty-seven opportunity, modesty is treated with the side-eye, and singles on the dating scene no longer worry about looking their age. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pinevilla's national animal is the Evanian Lamb, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Baptist.

Pinevilla is ranked 145,729^th in the world and 51^st in Pinevilla for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 566.84 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.