The Intrepid Explorer of Picairn is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Menellia I with a fair hand, and renowned for its smutty television, compulsory military service, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.039 billion Picairnians 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 medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stormridge. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Picairnian economy, worth a remarkable 2,642 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 263,241 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

What goes down must come up, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, NationStates staff are easily recognizable by their gold-plated mansions, and both diets and economic output are growing leaner with recent restrictions to free trade. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Picairn's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Secularism.

Picairn is ranked 4,728^th in the world and 262^nd in The North Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 2,475.23 pounds of wildlife per square mile.