The Enthron Puppet State of Goulis is a gargantuan, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ban on automobiles, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 11.572 billion Goulisians 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Baie Sud. The average income tax rate is 65.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Goulisian economy, worth 615 trillion Coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Gambling, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 53,168 Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail, legislators must raise their hands if they want to speak, the nation is reliant on the principle of mutually assured destruction to maintain its security, and hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Goulis's national animal is the Elephant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Goulis is ranked 112,855^th in the world and 4,664^th in Balder for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.