The Democratic Republic of Glentaurius is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.553 billion Glentauriusians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Conpere. The average income tax rate is 83.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Glentauriusian economy, worth 150 trillion Glentian Pounds a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 59,008 Glentian Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters, Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume, wealthy pranksters dump refuse on unsuspecting citizens from up high, and the government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Glentaurius's national animal is the Peregrine Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Glentaurius is ranked 270,247^th in the world and 287^th in Conch Kingdom for Most Patriotic, with 0.78 flags saluted per person per day.