The Constitutional Monarchy of Gliszth is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, keen interest in outer space, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 9.274 billion Gliszthians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vitrum. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Gliszthian economy, worth a remarkable 1,199 trillion marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 129,379 marks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 389,300 per year while the poor average 33,542, a ratio of 11.6 to 1.

One tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber, ignorance is considered a politically desirable quality, drug distribution is tightly controlled by the government, and satellite images show safe electoral constituencies in complete darkness. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gliszth's national animal is the Aesculapian Snake, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Gliszth is ranked 263,202^nd in the world and 9,683^rd in Lazarus for Most Armed, with 0.17 weapons per person.