The Republic of Gaulran is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 1.238 billion Gaulranis are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Buhel. The average income tax rate is 78.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Gaulranian economy, worth 11.6 trillion Krows 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 Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Average income is 9,376 Krows, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All telephone traffic is monitored for 'national security reasons', all guns must be registered, the government makes bereaved siblings into bereaved orphans, and Gaulran has designated Buhel as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gaulran's national animal is the Gualrani Lion.

Gaulran is ranked 156,614^th in the world and 28^th in Psychotic Dictatorships for Longest Average Lifespans, with 69.9 years.