The Constitutional Monarchy of Gliszth is a colossal, safe nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 9.38 billion Gliszthians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

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 16.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Gliszthian economy, worth a remarkable 1,215 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 129,617 marks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 390,019 per year while the poor average 33,604, a ratio of 11.6 to 1.

Ignorance is considered a politically desirable quality, drug distribution is tightly controlled by the government, satellite images show safe electoral constituencies in complete darkness, and Gliszthians no longer find themselves bumping into their exes at family gatherings. 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 121,297^th in the world and 5,323^rd in Lazarus for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 120.32 on the Clooney Contribution Index.