The Republic of Gio8 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its restrictive gun laws, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 5.835 billion Gio8ians 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 Law & Order, Industry, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.6%.

The powerhouse Gio8ian economy, worth 373 trillion Gold Orbs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 64,006 Gold Orbs, with the richest citizens earning 5.8 times as much as the poorest.

Polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums, war vets look after war animals, nobody knows why the caged Elephant sings, and concert halls sport signs proclaiming "No Shorts, Sandals or Swastikas". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gio8's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gio8 is ranked 71,448^th in the world and 2^nd in Bounvandar for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,640.97 on the Gilded Widget Scale.