The Commonwealth of Gargistan is a colossal, genial nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, infamous sell-swords, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.686 billion Gargistanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Gargopolis. The average income tax rate is 98.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Gargistanian economy, worth 616 trillion Coppers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 167,163 Coppers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Workers of "fairweather faith" claim six months of paid leave for holy days per year, it is illegal for a parent to tell a child to stop eating their boogers, the numbers on the latest spending report are reaching stellar levels, and commerce on Gargistanian soil has entered foreign territory. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gargistan's national animal is the Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Gargistan is ranked 312,664^th in the world and 842^nd in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring -22.63 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.