The Autonomous City of Ghirapur is a titanic, orderly nation, notable for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, cynical population of 12.701 billion Ghirapuri are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Industry, Education, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.5%.

The thriving Ghirapuri economy, worth 967 trillion Gilds a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Gambling. Average income is 76,160 Gilds, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 418,320 per year while the poor average 7,047, a ratio of 59.4 to 1.

Board shorts have replaced board rooms, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, Leader has been self-declared as the Most Supreme Magnificent Overlord of Everything You Ever Saw, and Ghirapur has designated Ghirapur City as its capital city. Crime is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Ghirapur's national animal is the Bandar, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ghirapur is ranked 281,694^th in the world and 9,929^th in Lazarus for Most Influential, scoring 14 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.