The Sepulcrist State of Gopnikea is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Nikola Hadares with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 15.084 billion Sepulcrists are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Strateigor. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 73.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Sepulcrisian economy, worth a remarkable 5,932 trillion Kuurakas a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 393,295 Kuurakas, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,337,872 per year while the poor average 85,225, a ratio of 15.7 to 1.

Gambling is outlawed, the nation's navy has been named the scourge of the seven thousand seas, the nation's soldiers sleep four to a bed in order to use space economically, and fancy dress parties are raided by military police for new recruits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Gopnikea's national animal is the dune shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Sepulkur Paganism.

Gopnikea is ranked 3,765^th in the world and 74^th in Osiris for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 57,268.14 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.