The Defender-Imperialist of Gest is Best is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by God Emperor Gest IV Defender of NS with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 8.483 billion Gest is Bestians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Invader City under Defender Occupation. The average income tax rate is 59.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Gest is Bestian economy, worth 246 trillion Gest Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. Average income is 29,020 Gest Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Anti-Raiderism has been named as Gest is Best's national religion, Gest is Best has designated Invader City under Defender Occupation as its capital city, and God Emperor Gest IV Defender of NS has just been declared ruler of Gest is Best in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gest is Best's national animal is the Defensive Invader Army, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Anti-Raiderism.

Gest is Best is ranked 63,437^th in the world and 16^th in The Invaders for Most Cultured, scoring 69 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.