Accidentally deleted only User in Directory Utility while trying to resolve "No preference pane" issue.

I have made a bit of, as far as I can tell at this point, a large mistake. After installing Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard, I encountered an issue where I couldn't load the Users preference pane. I attempted to resolve this with the instructions found here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4270303?start=0&tstart=0. Instead of deleting the JPEGPhoto, I used the wrong "-" button and deleted the whole user, that is the user from the lefthand pane. That user was also my administrator user, as well as only user on this computer. Now I can't go into anything really that requires Authentication, as that account and password no longer exist, and I can't reach Users and Group preferences because of the initial issue. I should also mention that I am abroad in countries without Apple Stores, so bringing my MacBook in is not an option, nor is re-installing Mac OS X as I do not have the disk and ML is downloaded from the App Store, which I now can't log into and see my purchases... How can I create an account that acts as an administrator? I'm afraid to log off or restart in the event that I can't log in into anything. Also, the user's home directory is still there, so I still have my stuff, but if I restart or anything will it be gone?

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