The Holy Empire of Geckoist is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Barry the Gecko Shepherd with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, deadly medical pandemics, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.906 billion Geckoistians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gecko Sanctum. The average income tax rate is 72.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Geckoistian economy, worth 110 trillion gecko bucks a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 57,960 gecko bucks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Birds and children's kites are regularly brought down by anti-aircraft fire, the first test of a good kindergartener is the quality of the sponge-baths they give, an underground movement of cigarette smokers has sprung up in response to a government ban, and actively encouraging climate change is helping reduce winter fuel costs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Geckoist's national animal is the gecko, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Geckoism.

Geckoist is ranked 177,010^th in the world and 7,207^th in Osiris for Largest Populations, with 1.91 billion capita.