The Grand Duchy of Gunkis is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its burgeoning cobra population. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 201 million Gunkisians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 16.6%.

The Gunkisian economy, worth 9.37 trillion kronor a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 46,634 kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Children who display even minimal sporting aptitude are immediately assigned a personal trainer, when shaking hands with foreign leaders Leader wears an armoured gauntlet, the nanny industry has had a boom after maternity leave was recently banned, and prodigal children celebrate as charitable bequests plummet. Crime is moderate. Gunkis's national animal is the cobra.

Gunkis is ranked 137,225^th in the world and 4,966^th in Suspicious for Most Corrupt Governments, with 4.75 kickbacks per hour.