The Prosaic Union of Gnejs is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Tangeus Oxwald with a fair hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 24.984 billion Gnejsians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port Kejm. The average income tax rate is 96.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Gnejsian economy, worth a remarkable 4,845 trillion Leaves a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism. Average income is an impressive 193,955 Leaves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight, bronze and marble supplies are running low as sculptors depict full-figured subjects, Gnejs has one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world, and small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome. Crime is totally unknown. Gnejs's national animal is the mallard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Amor Fati.

Gnejs is ranked 53,710^th in the world and 25^th in Rushmore for Lowest Crime Rates, with 73.19 law-abiding acts per hour.